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David Warner retires from Test cricket after the match against Pakistan at the SCG

Star Australian opener David Warner has flagged retiring from Twenty20 internationals following his emotional Allan Border Medal win.

The 33-year-old capped off a triumphant return to the international set-up by claiming Australian cricket’s highest individual honour on Monday night for the third time.

He also took out the T20I player of the year, finishing ahead of fellow powerhitter Glenn Maxwell.

But after working his way back into the Australian team following the 2018 ball-tampering saga, Warner thinks he may have to make some sacrifices.

Not only to prolong his Test career, but for the sake of wife Candice and their three children.

During his acceptance speech, Warner became emotional when it came time to thanking his family.

“I think you look at Twenty20 internationals, we’ve got back-to-back World Cups as well,” Warner told reporters on Monday night.

“That’s probably a format that could be one I drop in a few years.

“It’s going to be very difficult to play all three forms - and good luck to all the guys that want to keep playing — it’s challenging.

“I speak to guys like AB de Villiers, Virender Sehwag, guys who have done that for a long time, it does become challenging.

“Having three young kids and my wife at home all the time, the constant travelling becomes very difficult.”

Warner burst onto the scene in 2008 as a Twenty20 specialist, with many believing he could never succeed in Test cricket.

After a self-described “horrendous” Ashes, the left-hander hit peak form during the Australian summer by piling on runs against hapless Pakistan.

In November, Warner belted his highest Test score with an unbeaten 335.

“I batted a lot of time in the nets. Three or four days leading into the Brisbane Test, I almost batted for three hours every day,” Warner said.

Warner’s triumph goes with his AB medals from 2016 and 2017, with the three victories putting him in rare company, only one behind four-time winners Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke.

https://thewest.com.au/sport/cricke...eals-plans-to-retire-from-t20s-ng-b881459386z
 
David Warner has pulled out of the Hundred in what could be the first of multiple withdrawals from England’s new franchise league by international players as the coronavirus pandemic grips world sport.

The star Australian opener was drafted by Southampton-based Southern Brave last October for the inaugural 100-ball-a-side spectacle. He picked up the maximum fee of £125,000 ($249,000) for the month-long tournament.

Warner’s decision to withdraw from the competition was unrelated to the COVID-19 outbreak, his manager James Erskine said as he confirmed the move on Friday. The 33-year-old instead chose not to play in the inaugural edition of the league so he could be available for Australia’s one-day internationals against Zimbabwe in August. That three-match series will likely be held at venues in north Queensland and the Northern Territory but may clash with a portion of the Hundred, which is due to run from July 17 to August 15.

As one of the best short-form batsmen on the planet – he finished last year’s Indian Premier League with the orange cap for most runs across the competition – Warner had been one of the Hundred’s big drawcards and was still listed on his team's roster on the league's website on Friday.

The Hundred has reportedly been identified as a priority for the England and Wales Cricket Board, along with its T20 Blast, as it braces for the financial impact of COVID-19 on the northern summer. While the timing of the outbreak has been more kind to Australian cricket, as it is at the end of its season, the ECB is facing the possibility of the County Championship being pushed back. England’s home Test series against West Indies starting in June is also in danger.

With international travel coming to a standstill, Warner may not be the last big name lost to the Hundred, with sport largely shut down around the globe. Steve Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Aaron Finch, Mitchell Starc and D’Arcy Short are other Australians signed up for the league on maximum wages while Chris Lynn, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Dan Christian and Adam Zampa also have deals.

The news comes as Cricket Australia finalises its central contracts for the 2020/21 season. Marnus Labuschagne is expected to rocket from outside last year’s list to as high as the top five on the rankings below Pat Cummins, Smith, Warner and Starc.

The likes of Warner, Smith, Maxwell and Cummins were due to be en route to the subcontinent this week to take up lucrative Indian Premier League deals. In Cummins' case, his contract is now worth $3.76 million due to the tanking Australian dollar. The start of the world’ top T20 league has been delayed from March 29 until April 15, but with all Australians warned not to fly overseas under a level-four federal government travel warning, they face being grounded even in the highly unlikely event the IPL goes ahead.

There were reports out of the subcontinent that the Board of Control for Cricket in India may consider switching the IPL to a window in July and August, a move that if it transpired would throw another spanner in the works for the Hundred and for Australia’s schedule. Australia are pencilled in to play three T20 internationals and three ODIs in England from July 3 to July 16.

Before that, Australia are scheduled to play two Tests in Bangladesh from June 11 to June 23. CA will make a decision on that series closer to the tour, but if the government's travel advice stays in place the team won't be going.

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricke...d-he-may-not-be-the-last-20200320-p54ccv.html
 
why so much hate..? peoples saying he's scoring bcz of Australian flat tracks, then what his performance in SA..? condition might be similar but those are bowling pitches and they've very good bowling attack.. by the way who's the better test opener than him atm? ATG or not every team would like to have a player's like him..
 
Almost hoping that T20 WC doesnt happen Warner - not even subtle!

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Opener David Warner is “very sure and positive” that he and other Australian players will be able to play the IPL if the T20 World Cup is postponed in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic.

Though Cricket Australia chairman Earl Eddings has said that it is a bit “unrealistic” to host the 16-team tournament in October-November, the ICC is yet to decide the fate of the event and is expected to do so next month.

“…and if it is unlikely if the World Cup can’t go ahead, then I am very sure and positive that we will be able to come and play in the IPL if that replaces the World Cup schedule,” Warner was quoted as saying by ‘India Today’.

“If that permits us from Cricket Australia giving the go-ahead to go over there, I am sure we will put our hands up and come and play cricket which at the end of the day is what we love.”

The southpaw himself had said earlier that hosting the T20 World Cup would be a tough ask considering the the number of teams involved.

He said everybody is waiting for ICC’s decision on the matter.

“Look, there has been a lot of talk about the T20 World Cup being postponed, the challenges around getting every single nation that participates in the World Cup into Australia, given the fact that we have the quarantine for 14 days.

“Nevertheless, making sure we are restricting the chances of a Covid-19 outbreak back into Australia. Those restrictions are in place with the Australian government at the moment. We have to obviously abide by those rules and obviously we await the decision from the ICC,” said Warner.

He said most Australian players would want to play the IPL, which can be held in September-October if T20 World Cup and Asia Cup are postponed.

“Look, most definitely all the players who have been selected and picked in the auction will put their hand up if we are permitted. One we have to get government clearance as well to travel.

“If Cricket Australia allows us to go over there and participate, I am sure the guys will definitely be on board with that to be back up and running and playing cricket again,” said Warner.

Having missed the previous home series against India in 2018-2019 due the ball-tampering ban, Warner is looking forward to the next one in Australia this summer when two teams play four Tests.

However, he would not want to provoke India captain Virat Kohli during the high-profile series.

“Virat Kohli is not a person to be poked and no point poking the bear,” he said.

On the upcoming series, he added: “It would be very surreal playing against India without the crowd. I want to be selected and be part of that series. Last time we were not bad but we were beaten by a good team and their bowling was relentless.

“Now, India has got the best batting line up and our bowlers will like to target and the Indian crowd will be eager to see that.”

https://indianexpress.com/article/s...-world-cup-is-postponed-david-warner-6469269/
 
This sounds long term-ish to me

“ CA have released a statement on David Warner and he has an adductor (groin) injury. He will have scans tonight.”
 
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Definitely an IPL legend.

In international cricket, he is behind the fab four.
 
Rana said:
Promoting this proven cheat but continuously calling Sharjeel Khan a fixer!
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Comparing fixing to ball-tampering is like comparing running someone over to a speeding ticket. Fixing is an unforgivable crime IMO.

Warner was cheating (not that I support it) to win. On the other hand, Sharjeel sold out his own team which is far worse.
 
April 26: Warner questions "selectors" over Manish Pandey's omission

May 1: Warner is replaced by Williamson as captain

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Obviously captaincy not his cup of tea!
 
The fact that Warner was known and selected as just a T20 hack with no first class experience and is now one of the world's best test openers is nothing short of amazing
 
Warner is a great leader but lacks tactical accumen. He is like Virat Kohli.

Kane Williamson, on other hand, is a great tactician and a gentleman of the game.
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">April 26: David Warner questions SRH's selectors over team combination<br><br>May 1: Warner is replaced by Williamson as captain<br><br>May 2: Warner is dropped<br><br>Meanwhile he can't even go home as Australian citizens returning from India could face up to 5 years in jail & fines <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Ipl2021?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Ipl2021</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1388791367720218626?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 2, 2021</a></blockquote>
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MenInG said:
April 26: Warner questions "selectors" over Manish Pandey's omission

May 1: Warner is replaced by Williamson as captain

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Obviously captaincy not his cup of tea!
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Dropping Manish was poor especially when you see how poor other Indian bats are for SRH..
 
Sunrisers Hyderabad’s director of cricket Tom Moody has revealed that David Warner was left shocked and disappointed after he was sacked as the team’s captain. SRH decided to hand the captaincy baton to Kane Williamson after the team failed to get going under Warner’s captaincy.

The Orange Army have had a poor start to their campaign as they have lost five out of the six matches they have played. Furthermore, Warner couldn’t also deliver the goods with the bat as he couldn’t provide a good start to his team. In six matches, the former SRH skipper only scored 193 runs at an average of 32.16, and a strike rate of 110.28.

“He’s been pretty good. He was obviously shocked and disappointed…you know, you’ll be disappointed if he wasn’t feeling that way like any elite sportsman, they want to be playing, they want to be proving themselves and doing their best they possibly can for the team,” Tom Moody said.

Moreover, SRH also decided to leave out David Warner, who is regarded as one of the best T20 players out of their final XI against Rajasthan Royals in the ongoing match. Moody revealed that Warner has been left out for a better team combination. Mohammed Nabi was included in the final XI in place of Warner. In fact, SRH had mentioned in their press release that the team will also change their overseas players.

“Firstly, he’s not going to be playing in this particular game. It’s purely a decision based on the combination. We’ve come to a conclusion that at this stage, we feel that the two overseas bat (batsmen), an all-rounder, and Rashid Khan is our best combination. We looked at it very closely,” said the SRH director.

“Obviously, Bairstow’s form and Kane Williamson’s form is at a great height and we are very thrilled that they are playing the way they are. We had to make a hard call, and someone had to miss out. Unfortunately, for Davey (David Warner), on this occasion, it’s him,” he said.

SRH will need to turn the tables quickly and it has been surprising to note that they have left David Warner out of the final XI.
 
Ab Fan said:
Warner is a great leader but lacks tactical accumen. He is like Virat Kohli.

Kane Williamson, on other hand, is a great tactician and a gentleman of the game.
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SRH team is unbalanced and too many bits and pieces players. Their Indian players are pretty crap.

The team is virtually carried by Warner. Without him their batting is useless. Vijay Shankar, Manish Panday, Abishek Sharma, Abdul Samad, Kedar Yadav are all useless/out of form. Their bowling which was their strength is not performing either.

Changing the Captain made no sense. Warner is much better T20 player than Williamson.
 
Sunrisers Hyderabad head coach Trevor Bayliss on Sunday said it was a "difficult decision" to drop David Warner from the playing XI but the management was forced to try out a different combination in a bid to arrest the team's slide in the ongoing IPL. Warner was dropped from the playing XI, a day after being stripped of captaincy. Under him, SRH manged just one win one out their six games. The Australian himself hasn't been in greatest of form which led to Kane Williamson being handed the reins.

"It was very difficult (to drop Warner from playing XI). He's a guy who has had so much success for the team but that's the way we wanted to go, try and get a different combination working for us," Bayliss said at the post-match conference after his side's 55-run defeat against Rajasthan Royals in Delhi.

"Like any player who gets dropped, he (Warner) was disappointed. If you saw tonight, he was running around as 12th man doing as much as he could for the team. He has been good, talking with Kane and some of the other players, giving them advice," Bayliss added.

The World Cup-winning coach said that although it will be "challenging" without a batsman of Warner's stature, he doesn't foresee that team having any problem under the captaincy of Kane Williamson, who has led the side before.

"Very challenging without David as a player, a new captain. I don't think there'll be too much of problem as Kane has been captain of the team before in the last 2 or 3 years, he's an experienced captain captaining New Zealand. We just didn't play very well tonight and one guy played extremely well."

Talking about the match, Bayliss said Rashid Khan was brought into attack in the powerplay in a bid to dismiss the dangerous Jos Buttler early.

"Rashid is our best performing bowler and he had a decent record against Jos Buttler in the past so we thought we'd bowl him fairly early to try and get Jos out before he gets going. Obviously, a very flat wicket. And Kane decided to try and keep going to get him out. Unfortunately, it didn't work tonight that's the way the game goes sometimes," he said.

Meanwhile, Jos Buttler who notched his maiden T20 century was delighted by his performance.

"It's certainly up there, my first hundred in T20 cricket so I am delighted with that. I don't say I felt my most fluent all the time, I have felt better at the crease at times."

"For a while now, I haven't been feeling at ease in the crease, sort of searching for something but what's been good is keeping a good mindset that everyday is a new opportunity. It was nice to spend some time in the middle today and get back to my best."

Asked why he went for more conventional shots Buttler said: "Today, I felt like the pitch was in the slower side as the bounce is generally in Delhi and there wasn't much pace in the wicket, so the scoop shots and shots behind the wicket I didn't feel they would be as valuable as trying to target the straighter boundaries and back my hitting like that."

The Englishman commended the performance of the bowling unit that put up a "clinical" performance to defend 220 runs.

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Australia and New Zealand will contest the 2021 T20 World Cup final at the Dubai International Stadium on Sunday. This is the second time Australia will take part in the summit clash in T20 World Cups, having lost to England in the 2010 final in Bridgetown, Barbados. For New Zealand, this will be their maiden appearance in a T20 World Cup final. The Australians will once again look to opener David Warner, who has been the standout for the team with the bat in the ongoing tournament in the UAE and Oman. Warner, who had struggled in the past year or so, seems to be back to his menacing best and is leading Australia's charge towards a maiden T20 title.

With 236 runs to his name, Warner is currently the leading run-getter for Australia in the ongoing 2021 T20 World Cup. The swashbuckling left-hander needs just 30 more runs to have the most runs by an Australian in a single edition of a T20 World Cup.

He will surpass Matthew Hayden -- 265 runs in 2007 -- and Shane Watson -- 249 runs in 2012.

Warner has been head and shoulders above the rest of the Australian batters in the ongoing tournament. Apart from the former SRH captain, no other Australian batter has even crossed the 150-run mark in this year's competition.

Captain Aaron Finch is the next best with just 130 runs from six matches.

Warner has been in terrific form and his contributions at the top of the order has played a huge role in Australia reaching the final.

New Zealand will be wary of the Warner threat, and his exploits in Dubai will only make the Blackcaps more nervous.

The Australian has smashed 14 sixes at the Dubai International Stadium, which is second most by a batsman in T20Is. With two more sixes, he will surpass Pakistan's Shahid Afridi -- 15 sixes -- to have most sixes at the venue in T20Is.

https://sports.ndtv.com/icc-t20-wor...-australia-2610157#pfrom=home-ndtv_topstories
 
The best perform when it really matters.

David Warner last 3 innings in the T20 World Cup:

53 off 38 balls versus New Zealand
49 off 30 balls versus Pakistan
89* off 56 balls versus West Indies
 
Brilliant tonight:

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Another 50 to his name - no signs of slowing down.
 
Amjid Javed said:
As soon as theres as swing, seam or turn then warner cant but a run. A good batsmen at best, but no where near world class or an ATG.
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Still stand by this a year later. in tests the
guys nothing more than a home track and flat track bully.
 
Both him and Amla can be proud of their career.. One is seen as t20 specialist and other one as test specialist (at the start of their career).. Both proves others wrong and have successful career in every format..
 
With away average of nearly 35 , he is not a test ATG yet.
 
Na More of a home track bully for me

Very good player but not a great
 
Bhaag Viru Bhaag said:
Can you do a comparison between Rohit and Warner in all three formats? :inti
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In Tests
[table=class: grid, align: center]
[tr][td]Player [/td][td] Stats [/td][td]Mat [/td][td]Runs [/td][td]Ave [/td][td]SR [/td][td]100 [/td][td]50 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Rohit [/td][td]overall [/td][td]43 [/td][td]3047 [/td][td]46.87 [/td][td]55.47 [/td][td]8 [/td][td]14 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Warner [/td][td]overall [/td][td]88 [/td][td]7500 [/td][td]48.7 [/td][td]72.1 [/td][td]24 [/td][td]32 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Rohit [/td][td]away [/td][td]24 [/td][td]1313 [/td][td]31.26 [/td][td]46.28 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]8 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Warner [/td][td]away [/td][td]39 [/td][td]2521 [/td][td]33.17 [/td][td]67.96 [/td][td]5 [/td][td]17 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Rohit [/td][td]home [/td][td]18 [/td][td]1670 [/td][td]79.52 [/td][td]66.61 [/td][td]7 [/td][td]6 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Warner [/td][td]home [/td][td]47 [/td][td]4740 [/td][td]64.05 [/td][td]74.19 [/td][td]18 [/td][td]14 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Rohit [/td][td]neutral [/td][td]1 [/td][td]64 [/td][td]32 [/td][td]42.95 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]0 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Warner [/td][td]neutral [/td][td]2 [/td][td]239 [/td][td]59.75 [/td][td]78.61 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]1 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Rohit [/td][td]in Australia [/td][td]7 [/td][td]408 [/td][td]31.38 [/td][td]47.66 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]3 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Warner [/td][td]in Australia [/td][td]47 [/td][td]4740 [/td][td]64.05 [/td][td]74.19 [/td][td]18 [/td][td]14 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Rohit [/td][td]in Bangladesh [/td][td]1 [/td][td]6 [/td][td]6 [/td][td]66.66 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]0 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Warner [/td][td]in Bangladesh [/td][td]2 [/td][td]251 [/td][td]62.75 [/td][td]63.22 [/td][td]2 [/td][td]0 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Rohit [/td][td]in England [/td][td]6 [/td][td]466 [/td][td]42.36 [/td][td]42.21 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]2 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Warner [/td][td]in England [/td][td]13 [/td][td]651 [/td][td]26.04 [/td][td]67.04 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]7 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Rohit [/td][td]in India [/td][td]18 [/td][td]1670 [/td][td]79.52 [/td][td]66.61 [/td][td]7 [/td][td]6 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Warner [/td][td]in India [/td][td]8 [/td][td]388 [/td][td]24.25 [/td][td]55.74 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]3 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Rohit [/td][td]in New Zealand [/td][td]2 [/td][td]122 [/td][td]40.66 [/td][td]43.72 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]1 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Warner [/td][td]in New Zealand [/td][td]2 [/td][td]39 [/td][td]13 [/td][td]62.9 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]0 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Rohit [/td][td]in South Africa [/td][td]4 [/td][td]123 [/td][td]15.37 [/td][td]42.12 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]0 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Warner [/td][td]in South Africa [/td][td]6 [/td][td]760 [/td][td]63.33 [/td][td]80.67 [/td][td]3 [/td][td]4 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Rohit [/td][td]in Sri Lanka [/td][td]3 [/td][td]202 [/td][td]33.66 [/td][td]55.49 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]2 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Warner [/td][td]in Sri Lanka [/td][td]3 [/td][td]163 [/td][td]27.16 [/td][td]88.58 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]1 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Warner [/td][td]in U.A.E. [/td][td]2 [/td][td]239 [/td][td]59.75 [/td][td]78.61 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]1 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Rohit [/td][td]in West Indies [/td][td]2 [/td][td]50 [/td][td]25 [/td][td]60.97 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]0 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Warner [/td][td]in West Indies [/td][td]5 [/td][td]269 [/td][td]26.9 [/td][td]58.86 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]2 [/td][/tr]
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In ODI's
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[tr][td]Player [/td][td] Stats [/td][td]Mat [/td][td]Runs [/td][td]Ave [/td][td]SR [/td][td]100 [/td][td]50 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Rohit [/td][td]overall [/td][td]227 [/td][td]9205 [/td][td]48.96 [/td][td]88.9 [/td][td]29 [/td][td]43 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Warner [/td][td]overall [/td][td]128 [/td][td]5455 [/td][td]45.45 [/td][td]95.53 [/td][td]18 [/td][td]23 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Rohit [/td][td]away [/td][td]104 [/td][td]3310 [/td][td]38.48 [/td][td]81.14 [/td][td]10 [/td][td]15 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Warner [/td][td]away [/td][td]50 [/td][td]1836 [/td][td]39.91 [/td][td]94.1 [/td][td]5 [/td][td]10 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Rohit [/td][td]home [/td][td]68 [/td][td]3618 [/td][td]61.32 [/td][td]99.2 [/td][td]11 [/td][td]15 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Warner [/td][td]home [/td][td]58 [/td][td]2616 [/td][td]46.71 [/td][td]100.26 [/td][td]9 [/td][td]10 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Rohit [/td][td]neutral [/td][td]55 [/td][td]2277 [/td][td]52.95 [/td][td]86.64 [/td][td]8 [/td][td]13 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Warner [/td][td]neutral [/td][td]20 [/td][td]1003 [/td][td]55.72 [/td][td]87.21 [/td][td]4 [/td][td]3 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Rohit [/td][td]Champions Trophy [/td][td]10 [/td][td]481 [/td][td]53.44 [/td][td]82.5 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]4 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Warner [/td][td]Champions Trophy [/td][td]4 [/td][td]88 [/td][td]29.33 [/td][td]83.01 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]0 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Rohit [/td][td]World Cup [/td][td]17 [/td][td]978 [/td][td]65.2 [/td][td]95.97 [/td][td]6 [/td][td]3 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Warner [/td][td]World Cup [/td][td]18 [/td][td]992 [/td][td]62 [/td][td]98.12 [/td][td]4 [/td][td]3 [/td][/tr]
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In T20's
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[tr][td]Player [/td][td] Stats [/td][td]Span [/td][td]Mat [/td][td]Runs [/td][td]Ave [/td][td]SR [/td][td]100 [/td][td]50 [/td][/tr]
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[tr][td]Warner [/td][td]overall [/td][td]2009-2021 [/td][td]88 [/td][td]2554 [/td][td]32.74 [/td][td]140.48 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]21 [/td][/tr]
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[tr][td]Warner [/td][td]home [/td][td]2009-2019 [/td][td]23 [/td][td]767 [/td][td]45.11 [/td][td]148.35 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]5 [/td][/tr]
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[tr][td]Warner [/td][td]World Cup [/td][td]2009-2021 [/td][td]30 [/td][td]762 [/td][td]27.21 [/td][td]135.1 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]6 [/td][/tr]
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Nope. I'd say his game is more suited to flat tracks , and most times in England he's struggled and refused to come out of Broads back pocket.
 
One of the greatest home track bully. Averages below 30 in 5 countries I think. How on earth is that an atg.
 
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92* for DC vs SRH tonight.
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Delhi Capitals (DC) opener David Warner scored a sublime half-century against SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) to create a massive T20 batting record. Warner, who was tied at 88 fifties in T20 cricket with Chris Gayle before the match, scored his 89th in 34 balls against a dangerous SRH bowling line-up. The list consists of batting superstars like Virat Kohli at the third spot with 77 fifties followed by Aaron Finch who has 70 half-centuries to his name in the T20 format. Current Team India captain Rohit Sharma also features in the list at the fifth spot with 69 fifties against his name.
 
Warner may finish as an Aussie great by the time he retires. However, he is probably not an ATG-material.
 
Warner's shot of the tournament in IPL

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Delhi Capitals opening batter David Warner reserved his best for his former team SunRisers Hyderabad as he played an unbeaten knock of 92 to help the Rishabh Pant-led side post 207/3 in 20 overs. The side was then able to defend the total, registering a win by 21 runs to move to the fifth spot in the IPL points table. During the course of his innings, Warner played an innovative shot while changing the grip of his bat and becoming a right-handed batter. The shot is now being hailed as "shot of the tournament" by many on Twitter.

Warner played the shot in the penultimate over of Delhi's innings of the bowling off Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

On the first ball of the 19th over, Warner reversed his stance and seemed to be setting himself for a ramp shot. However, Bhuvneshwar bowled it wide and the batter got into a tangle but he somehow managed to get his bat down in time and the ball raced for a boundary towards the third man region.

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Unlucky but for David Warner as he is out st Dickwella b de Silva 99(112)
 
Star Australian cricketer David Warner, who was handed a lifetime ban from leadership roles in the wake of a ball-tampering incident that took place in Cape Town against South Africa in 2018, is likely to be allowed to don the captaincy hat once again. Cricket Australia is planning to lift the ban on the opening batter, who has made a sensational return to international cricket after serving a year-long ban from competitive cricket.

The 35-year-old was barred from captaincy for life after it was discovered that he plotted the scheme to use sandpaper to change the state of the ball against the Proteas in 2018.

During that incident, the then skipper, Steve Smith, vice-captain Warner, and opening batter Cameron Bancroft were all given suspensions by CA after pleading guilty to ball-tampering. Bancroft received a nine-month suspension, while Warner and Smith received a 12-month ban each from all international and Australian domestic cricket. Smith’s sentence also included an additional 12-month leadership ban.

But after the completion of their punishments, the star duo of Warner and Smith made sensational comebacks. While Warner scored over 600 runs in the ICC World Cup 2019, Smith was the side’s best batter in the Ashes series that followed.

As per recent developments, it is being reported that the leadership ban on Warner might come to an end soon, thereby making him eligible for the captaincy role in the team.

According to News Corp Australia journalist Ben Horne, CA may reconsider the leadership suspension enforced on the former national vice-captain. It is learnt that the main cause of this is the likelihood of losing him to a cash-rich, competing T20 league. Warner’s potential interest in a captaincy position among Big Bash League teams suggests that CA will rethink its decision to reinstate Warner’s eligibility for such positions.

Even though Warner was not permitted to captain any team in Australia, he did captain Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League until the middle of last season after returning in the 2019 edition of the cash-rich league.

The left-hander is one of the best all-format batters in Australian cricket history. He was an integral part of the Aaron Finch-led side that won the 2021 edition of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. The 35-year-old bagged the Player of the Tournament award in the United Arab Emirates.

https://www.timesnownews.com/sports...-ban-of-david-warner-reports-article-92450094
 
Joseph Gomes said:
Sadly not an ATG in any format (or even close). Idk if he can make the All time Australia ODi team either
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His contenders would be Mark Waugh and Matthew Hayden. Gilchrist as no.1 pick. In T20, he can be ATG.
 
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With an away test average of 34 and 6 100s from 44 matches is far from ATG stuff.

In ODIs he has been one of the best in the last decade but, then again would be tough to be part of the All time XI of most.

Not a straightforward ATG in any format but, in LOIs at least there can be chance of a debate for some. A top player without a doubt but, ATG is a height which is touched by a rare few.
 
He is a gold level Australian great. One of the world's first and Australia's till date only 3-format batting great.
 
Warner is an ATG in my book. Puts the opposition on backfoot so fast they don't know what hit them.

The only blot is he struggles in certain conditions. Still his significant strengths outweigh that.

It's not all about numbers.
 
Hmm depends how much you value ODI cricket.

in ODI, recency bias and inflated modern scores make him seem a shoe in... but should he be? He's an excellent opener. There'd be plenty in Oz who would have Hayden or M Waugh opening their ODI team though (alongside Gilchrist). You could make a strong case for any of those three. It's hard to be an ATG in a strong nation when you aren't an automatic pick in your best formats.

Test record- well he's a home track bully by and large. Nothing wrong with that, most players are and only rare exceptions. Sehwag was a similar home track bully, also fun to watch in action.

T20? Who cares really.
He is notable for being the first Aussie cricketer launched out of club cricket/T20 teams & into longer format stardom by that pathway. But no one in Oz is really paying attention to T20 records.

He's won WC in 2 formats. Very good home Test player. Probably deserves to be in the ATG conversation but has the misfortune of playing in an era when ODI has declined in importance/public awareness & being great at a tournament no one in Oz really follows (I hear he's very good at IPL).

Problem comes if you have to ask if he's better than Hayden or M Waugh, across all conditions the answer is probably not. And he doesn't get near the best Test teams.
 
3 years back I was not so sure, but today I would say definitely an Australian Great and when he finishes up we will see if he is knocking on the door of ATG status.
 
wrongun said:
Hmm depends how much you value ODI cricket.

in ODI, recency bias and inflated modern scores make him seem a shoe in... but should he be? He's an excellent opener. There'd be plenty in Oz who would have Hayden or M Waugh opening their ODI team though (alongside Gilchrist). You could make a strong case for any of those three. It's hard to be an ATG in a strong nation when you aren't an automatic pick in your best formats.

Test record- well he's a home track bully by and large. Nothing wrong with that, most players are and only rare exceptions. Sehwag was a similar home track bully, also fun to watch in action.

T20? Who cares really.
He is notable for being the first Aussie cricketer launched out of club cricket/T20 teams & into longer format stardom by that pathway. But no one in Oz is really paying attention to T20 records.

He's won WC in 2 formats. Very good home Test player. Probably deserves to be in the ATG conversation but has the misfortune of playing in an era when ODI has declined in importance/public awareness & being great at a tournament no one in Oz really follows (I hear he's very good at IPL).

Problem comes if you have to ask if he's better than Hayden or M Waugh, across all conditions the answer is probably not. And he doesn't get near the best Test teams.
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If you adjust stats for the era, Warner might not even be better than Hayden in ODIs. Hayden had amazing stats for his time

Hayden in ODIs

Mat - 161
Runs - 6133
Avg - 43.80
SR - 78.96
100s - 10
50s - 36
 
Joseph Gomes said:
If you adjust stats for the era, Warner might not even be better than Hayden in ODIs. Hayden had amazing stats for his time

Hayden in ODIs

Mat - 161
Runs - 6133
Avg - 43.80
SR - 78.96
100s - 10
50s - 36
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That is what I am trying to suggest- that Warner , on a closer look, is not even so far ahead of Hayden or M Waugh that he automatically makes even the ATG Oz ODI team (and he is nowhere near the ATG test teams).

Scores & run rates have risen 20% or more. Boundaries have shrunk, bats have grown etc.
 
Joseph Gomes said:
If you adjust stats for the era, Warner might not even be better than Hayden in ODIs. Hayden had amazing stats for his time

Hayden in ODIs

Mat - 161
Runs - 6133
Avg - 43.80
SR - 78.96
100s - 10
50s - 36
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Be careful with Hayden, minnow bashed hard in ODI's. Even the NZ teams he punished had the worst bowling attacks the country has had since the 70's. SA, Eng and SL probably had the 3 best attacks during his ODI career (which was primarily in the 2000's)
 
Warner out for 5 in the 2nd Test vs SL - not scored 100 for a while now...
 
Greg Chappell on Warner

Sergei Polunin, a joint Russian, Ukranian and Serbian citizen and renowned ballet dancer, may have summed up David Warner’s philosophy on life when he opined: “People are going to think what they want to think. I let them. You can’t control perception. It’s a losing game, so I don’t play. I let them lose; lose themselves in their own fantasies of what they want me to be – a rebel, an angel, a romantic, a heart-breaker, a boy, a man. Perhaps I’m none. But what I am is for me to find out, not to be dictated to me. It’s for me to know.”

Warner has never fitted the mould. With his “Energiser bunny” approach and inquisitiveness, he has annoyed more than a few teammates and coaches. A lovable pest, he was invariably the first to offer to pack up the kit or load the bus at the end of a training session or a day’s play.

Australian cricket legend Mark Taylor says Aaron Finch made the right call to quit the ODI team.

He has been a cricket rebel from an early age. Never one for hitting the ball on the ground, a junior coach resorted to forcing him to bat right-handed to curb his big hitting. Warner quickly reverted to his natural left-hand stance, but not before learning the rudiments that he needed to be one of the earliest adopters of switch-hitting in cricket.

Before he graduated to senior cricket, Warner’s prodigious talent was recognised when he broke records in junior cricket and represented Australia at under-19 level on a tour to Sri Lanka. Interestingly, he played much of his under-19 cricket for NSW as a leg-spinner who batted at No.6 or No.7. He could be counted upon to take key wickets and was able to find the boundary and get off strike. He turned average totals into winning ones and was always the best fielder in any team.

As long as I have known him, he has harboured a desire to play, and excel at, the longest version of the game. His idol was mercurial Indian Test opener Virender Sehwag, who became a massive fan of Warner when they played together in the IPL in 2009. Sehwag encouraged the Australian dynamo to back himself.

Not everyone saw it in the left-hand thrashing machine, but Warner could see it in himself. The national selection panel chose Warner to tour Zimbabwe in 2011 with Australia A for a combined 50-over tri-series and four four-day matches. I was the selector on duty and Troy Cooley was head coach.

Interestingly, Warner struggled in the one-day series, but did make a brilliant century in the final against South Africa batting with his great mate Phil Hughes, who also made a century to take the man of the match award.

A pivotal discussion took place between the two series when Warner batted in a cavalier fashion in the nets leading up to the red-ball matches. Cooley and I called Warner out of the nets and asked him if he was serious about wanting to be a long-form player. He said he was, so we explained to him that if that was the case, then he had to practise batting, not just his hitting. Warner continued lofting the ball out of the nets, so he was pulled out of the session and sent to do some fielding.

The same thing happened the next day, and he was removed from the nets again and sent for some more fielding. It was explained again that his cavalier attitude to training was not acceptable and that, if he wanted to be considered for selection in the four-day games, then we expected to see him batting, as opposed to hitting, in the final session.

Warner showed that he had it in him to bat with some discretion in that final session and was duly selected for the first four-day game in Kwekwe, where he made 150 and then finished with a double century in the final game in Harare. The selectors had been vindicated.

Most selection panels didn’t see that discretion in him, so his first-class career was delayed as the debate raged around him about whether he was cut out for Test cricket? The national selection panel put the argument to bed when he was chosen to make his Test debut against New Zealand at the Gabba in December 2011. In the process, he became only the third person in Australian cricket’s 132-year history to have been chosen for his country before making his first-class debut for his state.

While his early innings were disappointing, Warner showed that he was much more than a bash artist when he batted through the innings in an uncharacteristically restrained (for Warner) innings of 123 in a nail-biting loss in Hobart.

Much of what Warner has achieved on the field has been tainted by a string of missteps off the field, which have painted him as an abrasive character. No doubt, he can be annoying, but his dedication to the cause and wanting to become the best player he can be has never been in doubt.

It is important to remember that Warner came from the “wrong side of the tracks”. He did not have the advantages that many of his contemporaries have had. Some of the guys that he went to school with have spent time in jail, so his achievement in representing Australia is huge. That he has accomplished so much is a credit to his positive mindset and love of family and friends.

Those who want to be critical point to the fact that he was expelled from the National Centre of Excellence in 2007 for ... wait for it, not keeping his room tidy enough! Interestingly, one of the other players who was expelled at the same time was Aaron Finch, so, thankfully, they both learnt the lesson and tidied up their act.

With Finch retiring from 50-over cricket there is a need for a new white-ball captain. The selectors could do worse than appoint Warner to the role. Firstly, the CA board will have to overturn the overreaching leadership life ban on him for his role in Sandpapergate. He may have been a key figure, but, if the whole story ever comes out, we might realise the absurdity of that decision. Once the three on-field culprits had done their time they all should have been treated equally.

And, let there be no doubt, almost every major cricketing country has used questionable methods to alter the condition of the ball. Call it ball tampering, call it cheating, or call it ball management.

In recent times, a raft of Australian cricket captains – Ian Chappell, Allan Border, Adam Gilchrist, Ricky Ponting, Pat Cummins, Aaron Finch and one who could easily have been captain, Shane Warne – have raised their voice in support of the ban being lifted. Warne was a great advocate of Warner’s leadership and tactical skills.

And so am I.

Much like Warne, Warner is a lot smarter than those who have only known them via their media persona will ever know. Warner loves the game and has a deep understanding of it.

There is no obvious successor to Finch as leader of the 50-over team. Smith will be considered, but the selectors might prefer him to focus on being the best batsman that he can be. Cummins has enough on his plate and won’t play all three formats consistently. Cameron Green shapes as a leader of the future, but is still finding his way in the white-ball team.

Mitch Marsh is another who will be considered, but he does not have the same strategic instincts as Warner. Marsh has not had international captaincy experience and has had ongoing fitness problems, whereas Warner is one of the fittest cricketers to have represented this country.

I can hear the cries of derision now as to why would we want a flawed character to be captain now? Sure, he has made mistakes, but that is exactly why he should be considered. Nobody is without fault and if we could only select those who had never made a mistake, the position would have been vacant on many occasions in the past.

Warner’s mettle has been tempered by fire. He is a senior player who is committed to the team’s success. A natural leader, he has proven that he is strategically astute in captaincy stints in the IPL, where, in 2016, he helped turn an unheralded Sunrisers Hyderbad into IPL champions.

Everybody deserves a second chance. Warner has shown that he has been prepared to learn from his mistakes.

He is an inspirational captain and he would be an inspired choice.

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricke...lia-s-white-ball-captain-20220915-p5bif5.html
 
Another 50 for David Warner. Seems to be on another planet.
 
Banned from that privilege for life after being a leading figure in the 2018 ball-tampering scandal, there may yet be a return to leadership for the 35-year-old opening batter.

Cricket Australia has paved the way for Warner to potentially succeed outgoing ODI captain Finch by requesting an amendment to their integrity code and his sanction could now be lifted.

Cricket Australia statement on Warner

"The amendment would allow a person to request a penalty that they had accepted be reviewed after an appropriate period of time.

"The onus would be on the applicant to prove they had undergone genuine reform relevant to the offence they were sanctioned for.

"Any review would not revisit the original sanction, other than suspension of a penalty in recognition of genuine reform."

SKY
 
Cricket Australia has paved the way for David Warner's lifetime leadership ban to be lifted after requesting an amendment to their integrity code.

Warner was banned from elite cricket for 12 months and from leadership positions for life by the governing body in 2018 for his part in the infamous ball-tampering scandal in South Africa.

But after Aaron Finch stepped down as Australia's one-day international captain, there have been calls for Warner to fill the vacancy.

The opening batter previously deputised as ODI captain in 2016 and 2017 and was vice-captain of the Test team when he was banned.

Under current rules any player who accepts a sanction, as 35-year-old Warner did, waive the right to a review of their punishment. But on Friday the CA board asked its head of integrity to propose a change.

Speaking on Test Match Special, Warner said: "I've just got to accept whatever decision is handed down.

"There is talk that I can have a chat with the integrity unit. If I do have the chance I'll sit down and chew the fat a little bit and see where we are at.

"If it is overturned then we will go from there, but I am a leader in this team no matter what."

Asked if he wants to be captain, Warner said: "If it ever presented itself it would be a privilege, but for me it is about focusing on the next game and what I have to do for the team."

CA said in a statement: "The amendment would allow a person to request a penalty that they had accepted be reviewed after an appropriate period of time.

"The onus would be on the applicant to prove they had undergone genuine reform relevant to the offence they were sanctioned for.

"Any review would not revisit the original sanction, other than suspension of a penalty in recognition of genuine reform."

On Thursday, CA chairman Lachlan Henderson said: "The view within Cricket Australia is that David is doing particularly well on the field and making a great contribution off the field.

"Our intention is to review the code as quick as is practical. It's not in anyone's interest for us to delay that.

"It would be in time for any future leadership conversations in relation to David."

Warner has missed the third T20 against England in Canberra with a minor neck injury sustained in the second match of the series.

BBC
 
Bat, pad, bat, stumps... a bit of an unlucky start to the WC for Warner

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He has struggled in this WC with 3 failures in all 3 maches, but you never know when he can turn up and smash the bowlers.

But 12 years on from the thread was started, did he become the new Gilly?

At this point he has 96 Tests, exactly the number Gilly ended his career on, both have similar averages but Warner has more centuries, whereas Gilly has better SR.

Gilchrist played many more ODIs than Warner but Warner has much better average. SR is same.

Can't compare them in T20s as Gilly hardly played them.

So what do you guys think? You may say Gilly faced better bowlers, but some of the great bowlers from pervious era was on their last legs when Gilly started his int. career. I don't know.
 
Swashbuckling Australia opening batter David Warner has hinted at Test retirement next year but he is likely to continue playing white-ball cricket. Warner's comments came after hosts Australia made an early exit from the T20 World Cup. "Test cricket will probably be the first one to fall off. Potentially it could be my last 12 months in Test cricket," Warner said on 'Triple M's Deadset Legends' show. "Because that's how it will pan out. The T20 World Cup is in 2024, (one-day) World Cup next year." The 36-year-old left-handed batter has played 96 Test matches since making his debut in 2011 and has scored 7817 runs at an average of 46.52 with 24 hundreds and 34 fifties.

He has also played 138 ODIs (5799 runs at 44.60 average) and 99 T20Is (2894 runs at 32.88 average).

Australia's busy 2023 Test cricket schedule involves a Border-Gavaskar Trophy in India (February-March) and Ashes in England from June 16 to July 31.

The 50-over World Cup will be held in India in October-November next year, before T20's next showpiece tournament in the Caribbean and USA in 2024.

Warner, however, made clear he intends to play in both.

"But I love the white-ball game; it's amazing," he said.

Despite averaging 11 in Australia's failed T20 World Cup campaign, Warner has no plans to quit the shortest format.

"T20 cricket - I love the game. I will be looking to get to 2024," Warner said.

"For all those people saying I am past it and a lot of those old people are past it, look out. Be careful what you wish for." Warner, whose lifetime captaincy ban could be lifted soon, said he wants to pass his cricketing knowledge to younger players.

"It's about my knowledge of the game and passing it down to younger kids (as a captain)," Warner said.

NDTV
 
Can't compare him with Gili in Tests as Gili was a no.7 batter.

Warner was definitely the best test opener alongside Cook of 2010s. After these two, there's a big gap and then comes the likes of Latham, Dimuth, Elgar, Tamim etc
 
Cricket Australia has announced changes to its Code of Conduct that will allow David Warner to apply for his leadership ban to be lifted.

Warner was handed the lifetime ban in the wake of the sandpaper scandal in South Africa in 2018.

Cricket Australia's head of integrity, Jacqui Partridge, conducted the review after a request from the board.

"Under the changes, players and support staff can now apply to have long-term sanctions modified," CA said in a statement.

"Any applications will be considered by a three-person review panel, comprising independent Code of Conduct commissioners, which must be satisfied that exceptional circumstances exist to justify modifying a sanction."

According to CA, a number of factors will be taken into account if Warner applies to have the ban lifted.

"These circumstances and considerations will include whether the subject of the sanction has demonstrated genuine remorse; the subject's conduct and behaviour since the imposition of the sanction; whether rehabilitation programs have been undertaken (if applicable) and the length of time that has passed since the sanction was imposed and whether sufficient time has passed to allow for reform or rehabilitation," it said.

Following the Cape Town Test of 2018, Warner was suspended for 12 months and banned from holding any leadership position for the rest of his career. Steve Smith was also outed for 12 months, with an additional 12 month leadership ban, while Cameron Bancroft was suspended for nine months.

Although Warner can apply to have the leadership ban overturned, it's no guarantee he'd be given the job if it was available.

Newly-appointed one-day captain Pat Cummins was rested from Saturday's match against England at the SCG, with Josh Hazlewood leading in his place.

Steve Smith and Alex Carey could also do the job.

But Warner could be in line to captain the Sydney Thunder, having recently signed a two-year deal with the BBL club.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/mor...sedgntp&cvid=c4a45e1588814873ac95ebd21ccf9eed
 
A frustrated David Warner Monday said he was "not a criminal" and everyone should have the right to appeal as Cricket Australia paved the way for his lifetime leadership ban to be lifted. The dynamic opener and former Test vice-captain was banned from any leadership role in Australia over his part in the Cape Town ball tampering affair in 2018. But under an amendment to CA's code of conduct confirmed on Monday, he will now be able to request a review of the sanction, a move previously not permitted.

The code of conduct changes were first raised nine months ago and Warner said it had dragged on too long.

"It's been drawn out, it's traumatic for me and my family and everyone else involved in it," the Australian newspaper quoted the 36-year-old as saying in Melbourne.

"I think it's just about being fair that at the end of the day, I'm not a criminal. You should get a right of appeal at some stage, you know.

"I understand that they put a ban in place, but banning someone for life I think is a bit harsh.

"So it's just an opportunity to come out and actually, you know, show that I'm actually remorseful. I've done my time to get back into the Australian cricket setup."

Under the new rule, a player must show that "exceptional circumstances exist to justify modifying a sanction", including demonstrating remorse and evidence of improved behaviour.

CA said the policy "acknowledges that players and player support personnel are capable of genuine reform or rehabilitation".

"It is intended to provide the player or player support personnel with an opportunity to resume their previously held positions or responsibilities in specific circumstances," it added.

Pat Cummins is currently Australia's Test and ODI captain and Aaron Finch skipper of the T20 side.

A lifting of Warner's ban would make him a prime candidate to take over the T20 captaincy should Finch step down, as he recently did from the 50-over format.

Warner would also be in the mix, alongside Steve Smith, Josh Hazlewood and Alex Carey, to deputise for Cummins or act as his vice-captain. It could also allow him to lead his Big Bash League side Sydney Thunder.

Warner was cast as the key villain in the "Sandpaper-gate" ball-tampering scandal against South Africa in 2018, having conspired with then-skipper Smith and Cameron Bancroft to alter the ball during the third Test in Cape Town.

Like Warner, Smith was banned from playing for a year but his leadership sanction only lasted two years.

Both players bounced back to reclaim their place in the national side across all three formats of the game.

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Warner scores 106 off 102 balls in the 3rd ODI against England. Has been brilliant in ODIS
 
Do Cricket Australia / Australian fans actually want Warner back in a leadership role? I wouldn’t.
 
Warner has been an amazing opener in Limited Overs. In my opinion, better than Gilchrist, Hayden and Mark Waugh which probably makes him Australia’s best LO opener ever.

In Tests, he has been a textbook FTB. I don’t like to use this word much but I can’t help myself when it comes to Warner.

Any pitch that has anything for the bowlers and he is guaranteed to fail 9/10 times. However, he makes up for it by murdering every bowling attack on flat pitches. One can say that he is a poor man’s Sehwag in Test cricket.
 
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