David Warner missed out on yet another deserving century on the first day of the second Ashes Test in Adelaide. He hit a short and wide ball from Ben Stokes straight to Stuart Broad at the cover and walked back dejected after scoring 95 runs filled with a fair mix of caution and aggression.
Notably, Warner had missed out on a century in the first Test of the series at the Gabba as well when Stokes had taken a catch off his bat of the bowling of Ollie Robinson.
Warner was batting with impeccable patience and took more than 100 balls to reach his fifty to signify how much time he was willing to wait to score runs. Warner struggled initially with tight line and length bowling from Stuart Broad, who returned with his dangerous round the wicket angle of bowling but fought hard to see off that phase of play.
England employed short ball tactic with three men back on the boundary on the leg side but Warner kept on finding ways to score runs. Just the ball before he got out, Warner hit an unconvincing pull shot of Stokes that went in the gaps and square leg boundary for four.