Warner is pumped upon scoring his 18th Test century

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Australia opener David Warner smashed a number of records with his knock of 113 on the opening day of the third Test in Sydney, while his opening partner, Matt Renshaw, also punished Pakistan as he finished on a career-best 167 not out.

Choosing to bat first, Australia opener David Warner made his intentions clear right from the get-go as he tore apart Pakistan’s bowling attack.

Shocked by Warner’s extremely aggressive approach, Pakistan tried to everything in their power to slow him down, but nothing worked.

With Matt Renshaw providing excellent support, Warner raced past his half-century almost in the blink of an eye and was soon approaching another triple-figure score.

With the lunch break approaching ever nearer, Warner upped the ante as he was determined to bring up his hundred before the first session was over.

He achieved the feat in the final over before lunch and subsequently became the fifth overall batsman to make a century before lunch on the first day of a Test match after Victor Trumper, Charles Macartney, Don Bradman and Majid Khan. He also became the first player to accomplish the feat in a Test match in Australia.

In addition to this, Warner only took 78 balls to complete his hundred, which is the fastest by any player at the Sydney Cricket Ground. It is also the second-fastest Test century made against Pakistan in Tests, with legendary West Indies batsman Brian Lara holding the record as he needed just 77 balls to bring up his century in Multan in November 2006.

Warner continued to take the attack to Pakistan at the start of the second session, but his highly entertaining innings came to an end when he was caught behind off the bowling of Wahab Riaz for 113, which came off 95 balls and included 17 boundaries.

Renshaw and Usman Khawaja kept the runs flowing with a 52-run stand, during which Renshaw brought up his fifty, before Khawaja, who made 13, was also caught behind off the bowling of Riaz.

Australia captain Steven Smith failed to have much of an impact as he was caught behind off the bowling of Yasir Shah for 24.

Despite losing Khawaja and Smith in a short span of time, the Baggy Greens recovered courtesy of an unbeaten 121-run stand between Renshaw and Peter Handscomb, during which Renshaw registered his hundred, before stumps was called.

Renshaw finished on 167 off 275 balls, which included 18 boundaries, while Handscomb remained undefeated on 40 off 82 deliveries, which included four boundaries.

Renshaw is all smiles after bringing up his maiden Test century

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Riaz was the pick of the bowlers with two wickets, while Yasir chipped in with one.

Australia ended day one on 365/3 and will continue batting on Wednesday at 10:30 local time or 23:30 GMT (the previous day).