David Warner doesn't fine-tune for anything - it's not his style.
Australia's opening batsmen prefers force to finesse, as evidenced by his 104 against India in Sunday's World Cup warm-up game in Adelaide.
Warner bludgeoned India's bowlers into submission in the glorified practice match ahead of next Saturday's start of the Cup.
The left-hander cracked his ton from just 80 balls.
After Australia won the toss and batted, Warner faced the first ball - and smacked it through cover for four.
Warner reached his half-century from 41 balls, then cantered to his ton.
He produced an array of strokes built on pure power - there was a hook shot which barely sailed above head height before smacking into the fence on the full.
There were devastating drives, some textbook but most ripped from his unique personal playbook; some crunching cut shots; a sweet six over midwicket from a short-arm jab.
Warner reached his century in just the 26th over of the innings and saluted the crowd at a ground where he made centuries in each innings of the December Test against the Indians.
Then, mindful of the warm-up status of the match and the desire to offer teammates time at the crease, he was bowled in the next over - apparently engineering his own dismissal, Warner missed a straight one from slow bowler Axar Patel.
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