AUS vs SL, 1st T20: Warner Smashes Maiden T20I Ton On 33rd B'Day In Series Opener

Warner celebrated his 33rd B'day in style by notching up an unbeaten 100 from 56 balls and helping his side post an imposing 233-run total against Sri Lanka, Australia's fourth-highest score in T20 cricket.

Opening batsman David Warner smashes his maiden Twenty20 international ton for Australia as the hosts set Sri Lanka a whopping 234-run target to win in the first of the 3-match T20 series at the Adelaide Oval. Warner celebrated his 33rd B'day in style by notching up an unbeaten 100 from 56 balls and helping his side post an imposing 233-run total against Sri Lanka, Australia's fourth-highest score in T20 cricket. Warner was lent good support from Captain Aaron Finch (64 from 36 balls) and Glenn Maxwell (62 from 28), who cracked half-centuries in the opening match of the three-game series. Warner reached his ton from the last ball of the innings, in a knock featuring 10 fours and four sixes, surpassing his previous best T20 international score of 90 not out. The opening pair reached their half-centuries in the same over, both by smacking consecutive sixes from hapless quick Kasun Rajitha who finished with messy figures of 0-75 from four overs. Finch, whose knock featured eight fours and three sixes, was caught at deep midwicket in the next over from left-arm wrist spinner Lakshan Sandakan (1-41 from four overs). Maxwell joined Warner and the pair put on 107 runs - their century stand took only 52 balls.