Former Australia player David Warner made a blistering return to the Big Bash League (BBL), scoring an unbeaten 86 runs and helping Sydney Thunder defeat Melbourne Renegades by 8 runs. Coming into bat, Warner took 57 balls to reach 86 while he took 40 deliveries to reach his half century in an innings peppered with 10 fours and 2 sixes as Sydney posted 156/4 after 20 overs. Wes Agar would be another architect of Sydney’s win as his spell of 4/32 helped his team to restrict Melbourne to 148/8. David Warner‘s first BBL half-century since 2013! 👏 Things you love to see! #BBL14 pic.twitter.com/Uzjq8jamp3 — KFC Big Bash League (@BBL) December 30, 2024 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js This score was the explosive batter’s highest since his return to the BBL in 2023 while his first BBL century was back in the 2011/12 season. Warner’s international career also came to an end earlier this year when Australia were knocked out of the T20 World Cup with the batter’s last match being the Aussies’ 24-run defeat to India in the …