David Warner has done what no other Test cricketer has done before, with a sublime knock on the first morning of the third Test.

Warner blasted a century off just 78 balls in the opening session on day one of the SCG Test, becoming the first player to score a hundred in the first session of a Test match in Australia and only the fifth player in Test history to do so.

He is the first player in 41 years to score a ton in the first session of day one of a match.

His 78 ball ton is the fourth fastest Test century by an Australian.

After winning the toss and electing to bat, Australia reached 0-126 at lunch on day one.

Warner is 100 not out, while Renshaw is unbeaten on 25.

Test centuries before lunch on Day 1:

  • Victor Trumper - 1902
  • Charles Macartney - 1926
  • Don Bradman - 1930
  • Majid Khan - 1976
  • David Warner - 2017

Australia's fastest Test tons by balls faced:

57 – Gilchrist
67 – Gregory
69 – Warner
78 – Warner (today)
82 – Warner
84 – Gilchrist
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