Twitter Reactions: Warner scores hundred as Australia post mammoth total

After winning the 1st ODI against the Black Caps, Australia continued their dominance against their neighbours and went on to post a mammoth 378/5 in their allotted 50 overs. The reasonable crowd present in the Manuka Oval was treated to some scintillating batsmanship by the Australian batsmen as they posted a gigantic total on the board.

New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson opted to field after winning the toss which proved to be the nail in the coffin for the visitors. The hosts went off to a pretty brisk start with openers David Warner and Aaron Finch going great guns. The duo shared a 68-run partnership before Finch was dismissed by Santner.

David Warner continued his prowess and was finding the gaps on regular intervals and was ticking along the scoreboard. Captain Steve Smith carried on from where he left in Sydney and stitched together a 145-run partnership with Warner for the 2nd wicket.

Following Warner’s dismissal, Travis Head began in an attacking mood from the onset and shifted the whole momentum in favour of Australia. By the time Head was dismissed he had already scored a 32-ball 57, an innings decorated with 6 fours and 2 sixes.

There was no way the visitors were going to stop the Aussies as they went on plundering the listless Kiwis bowlers all around the park. All-rounder Mitchell Marsh played a brilliant hand during the later half of the inning and propelled the Australian score to 378/5. The hard-hitting right-hander remained not out on 76 of 40 deliveries, hitting 2 fours and 7 sixes in the process. All the New Zealand bowlers went for plenty and Matt Henry was the most expensive of them all.

It was a great batting display by the hosts and it will now require an extraordinary performance from the visitors if they have any chance of levelling the 3-match series. Twitter was pretty active during the Aussie innings and few tweets described the match proceedings in the best possible way.

Here are some of the best tweets from the 1st innings of the 2nd ODI:

https://twitter.com/DennisCricket_/status/806040498557177856

https://twitter.com/Cricketracker/status/806026170877681664