'He has produced a master class today' - Twitter goes ballistic over Dawid Malan's epic century against Australia

Dawid Malan (Source: Twitter)

England and Australia locked horns in a three-match ODI series. The first of the three ODIs is being played at the Adelaide Oval. Australia won the toss and opted to bowl. Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins were on target straightway as they bowled disciplined lengths and lines to keep the England batters in check.

Philip Salt was the first to go as he was dismissed by Pat Cummins and then again in the fourth over Mitchell Starc produced a peach of a delivery to get rid of Jason Roy. It came back in sharply and Roy did not know whether to play forward or back and was bowled.

Dawid Malan came in at number three, He was at ease and started off on a good note, he hit boundaries at the start to transfer the pressure back on Australia and it looked like he was batting on a different wicket altogether, While the other batters struggled to score runs, he held the fort and took control of the innings. He played like a one-man warrior who was waging a lone battle against the Kangaroos.

He treated the bowlers with disdain and played a range of eye-catching strokes throughout the course of his innings, He played a valiant knock of off 134 off 128 balls with 12 fours and four sixes. The left-handed batter has been one of the revolutionaries in the T20 format for England and has also been one of the finds in white ball cricket for England.

He has scored 424 runs in 10 ODIs that he has played with the highest score of 125 at an average of 70.66 and a strike rate of 93.80.  He has two hundreds and two fifties to his name. He has been a part of England’s white-ball revolution that took place after the 2015 World Cup which was held in Australia. In the 20-20 World Cup, which was recently concluded in Australia, he did not have a tournament that was of note as he scored only 56 runs in four matches.

Twitter was abuzz, let us take a look at the reactions here:

A top knock from Dawid Malan when england were under pressure.💯
Putting something which england can fight for.#AUSvsENG

— Archisman Mishra (@iamarchis16) November 17, 2022

Second ODI century in 10 inns for Dawid Malan, an inns of the highest standard vs Australia. He has single-handedly kept England alive, has scored 100 of the total 207 runs so far.

Just a reminder he's available for the HBL Pakistan Super League draft as well. #HBLPSL8 #AUSvENG

— Ram777 (@Ramshadaziz1) November 17, 2022

ODI 100s in Australia

Dawid Malan - 1 in 1 inning
Sachin Tendulkar - 1 in 46 inns
Mahela Jayawardene- 1 in 56 inns
Kane Williamson - 0 in 8 inns
Kevin Pietersen - 0 in 9 inns
Rahul Dravid - 0 in 21 inns
Herschelle Gibbs - 0 in 28 inns
Inzamam ul Haq - 0 in 45 inns

— Arnav Singh (@Arnavv43) November 17, 2022

Absolute Glorious Innings 💖💖

2nd Odi Hundred 💯 for Dawid Malan 👏🏻👏🏻#ENGvAUS #Cricket #cricketTwitter #WorldCup2022 pic.twitter.com/0xVCA9Jt1d

— Hamxa 🇵🇰 (@hamxashahbax21) November 17, 2022

Dawid Malan so unlucky to be playing in the era where we have had such good ODI players. Seems crazy how little 50 over cricket he’s played

— Mark Williamson (@pettini24) November 17, 2022

Dawid Malan’s batting is a treat to watch.👌🏾 #AUSvsENG

— Shikha Pandey (@shikhashauny) November 17, 2022

Beautiful six by Dawid Malan. Crowd takes the catch.#AUSvsENG #AUSvENGpic.twitter.com/8A1QquVHaj

— Cricket With ABDULLAH (@AbdullahBDFan) November 17, 2022

Brilliant Hundred for Dawid Malan in under pressure situation for England in the first ODI match against Australia. At one point England was 61/4 from then he scored 100* runs from 107 balls. Superb innings in tough situation. pic.twitter.com/MVLapVRZ4Z

— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) November 17, 2022

Hundred by Dawid Malan in 107 balls - a quality innings by Malan, England were struggling at 66/4 at one stage. pic.twitter.com/2QO487jblf

— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) November 17, 2022