{"id":21410,"date":"2013-07-25T12:16:51","date_gmt":"2013-07-25T10:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/warner-steers-australia-a-to-strong-position\/"},"modified":"2013-07-25T12:16:51","modified_gmt":"2013-07-25T10:16:51","slug":"warner-steers-australia-a-to-strong-position","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/warner-steers-australia-a-to-strong-position\/","title":{"rendered":"Warner steers Australia A to strong position"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t    <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/?attachment_id=10641\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10641\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10641 \" alt=\"Back in business: David Warner has so far been forced to watch the Ashes from the sidelines Photo: Getty Images\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/b53b3_Warner_2626209b.jpg\" width=\"374\" height=\"234\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Back in business: David Warner has so far been forced to watch the Ashes from the sidelines Photo: Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to an excellent performance by <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/warner-in-trouble-ahead-of-icc-champions-trophy\/\" target=\"_blank\">David Warner<\/a>, Australia A is now in a strong position at stumps of Day 1 of their first four-day Test against South Africa A in Pretoria on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>He scored an outstanding 193 runs off 226 balls including 29 fours and a six to lead his side to 399 before he was removed in the last over of the day.<\/p>\n<p>The hosts got off to a positive start with <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/abbott-called-up-to-provide-extra-depth\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kyle Abbott<\/a> taking two wickets up front after captain <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/ontong-leads-south-africa-a-squads\/\" target=\"_blank\">Justin Ontong<\/a> won the toss and chose to field.<\/p>\n<p>He bowled Shaun Marsh for five in the fifth over, while Alex Doolan (6) followed eight overs later.<\/p>\n<p>Australian skipper, Aaron Finch, led from the front and held the innings together with Warner scoring rapidly from the other end.<\/p>\n<p>Finch scored 51 off 92 balls before his removal thanks to a cracker of a delivery by <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/ontong-leads-south-africa-a-squads\/\" target=\"_blank\">Marchant de Lange<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Warner went about his business as usual, taking firm hold of the role of aggressor and piling on the runs on a very flat deck.<\/p>\n<p>He reached his century off 137 balls while his partner, Moises Henriques, chipped in with 33 runs before his removal at the hands of Stiaan van Zyl.<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/sport\/cricket\/exiled-warner-finds-hisa-game-20130725-2qjye.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img 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