DA Warner’s 166 not out in the ongoing test between Australia and Pakistan at Adelaide to provides his 23^rd century as an opening batsman in Tests. He now occupies the fifth place in the list of opening batsmen who have scored most centuries in the annals of Test cricket. He went past G Boycott and V Sehwag who had scored 22 centuries on his way to fifth place

No	Player	Team	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C
1	SM Gavaskar	Ind	1971-1987	119	203	12	9607	221	50.29	33
2	AN Cook	Eng	2006-2018	154	278	14	11845	294	44.86	31
3	ML Hayden	Aus	1994-2009	103	184	14	8625	380	50.73	30
4	GC Smith	SAF	2002-2014	114	196	12	9030	277	49.07	27
5	DA Warner	Aus	2011-2019	81	146	6	6739	253	48.13	23
1	G Boycott	Eng	1964-1982	107	191	23	8091	246*	48.16	22
2	V Sehwag	Ind	2002-2013	99	170	6	8207	319	50.04	22

DA Warner became the second Australian opening batsman to score 23 or more centuries in Tests after ML Hayden ML Hayden has scored 30 centuries.

No	Player	Team	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C
1	ML Hayden	Aus	1994-2009	103	184	14	8625	380	50.73	30
2	DA Warner	Aus	2011-2019	81	146	6	6739	253	48.13	23