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

Cricket Australia have moved swiftly to release a public statement after David Warner’s decision to withdraw his application to have his lifetime leadership ban reviewed.

Warner received the ban for his part in the Cape Town ball tampering affair back in 2018, but the 36-year-old had been hoping he would be able to be considered to lead the national team following an independent review.

However, the Australia opener took to social media on Wednesday to declare he had opted to retract his application for review, calling out the relevant panel for wanting to have the hearing conducted in public rather than his – and Cricket Australia’s – preference for it be held in private.

Warner used his Instagram account to post a lengthy message in relation to his decision, claiming he did not want to put his family through the scrutiny of a public hearing.

"Regrettably, I have no practical alternative at this point in time but to withdraw my application," Warner said on social media.

"I am not prepared to subject my family or my teammates to further trauma and disruption by accepting a departure from the way in which my application should be dealt with pursuant to the Code of Conduct.

"Some things are more important than cricket."

And Cricket Australia wasted no time in showing their support for Warner in a statement released after Warner’s social media post.

"We are disappointed with this outcome as our intention was to give David the opportunity to demonstrate why his lifetime leadership ban should be varied at an independent hearing and we amended our Code of Conduct accordingly," the statement read.

"We supported David’s wish for these discussions to be heard behind closed doors and respect his decision to withdraw his application.

"David is a very senior and highly regarded member of the Australian team who has been a great ambassador for the game as a whole since his return from a year-long ban."

Pat Cummins is the current captain of Australia in both the Test and ODI format, while Aaron Finch leads the T20 international team.

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David Warner has taken a strong swipe at Cricket Australia over what he says has been a lack of support, while backing himself to deliver in the Boxing Day Test and beyond.

The 36-year-old last month accused a review panel of trying to create a “public lynching” in reviewing his leadership ban handed down after the 2018 ball tampering saga. It resulted in him dropping his appeal, ending his hopes of leading his country.

Warner believes that Cricket Australia provided him with no support ahead of the two-match series against the West Indies as the news surrounding his review came to light.

“Leading into the Perth Test my mental health probably wasn’t where I needed to be at to be 100 per cent,” Warner said in a press conference on Saturday.

“That was challenging, if I had it my way we would have had that all sorted, from the CA point of view I didn’t really have any support.

“My teammates and the staff in our team were absolutely amazing and my family and friends, they really got me through the period.”

Warner also explained he couldn’t believe the process was drawn on for 11 months after beginning his review in February.

“We reached out to them in February, we had no idea how it went on this far and only CA can answer that,” Warner said.

“And they will probably give you the same thing that they always give everyone else, they don’t really give an answer.”

Warner begun the South Africa series at the Gabba with scores of 0 and 3 and hasn’t scored a Test century since January 2020, averaging only 26.07 with the bat since the start of the pandemic.

Across the three Tests so far this summer, the veteran opener is yet to reach the half century mark, while his teammates have peeled off multiple centuries and double centuries.

Heavy criticism surrounding his form has surfaced, but Warner believes having his “back up against the wall” will spark a Test resurgence.

“That young boy from housing commission in Matraville, growing up in housing commission really taught me how to fight hard and to achieve the goal you wanted,” Warner said.

“I am living every housing commission boy’s dream, I wanted to play cricket for Australia and I am doing that now, yeah my back is up against the wall but it is in my DNA to be competitive.

“And come out here and put a smile on my face and take on whatever opposition I am going to face, and I am standing here and I’m about to play my 100th Test match.

“I couldn’t be any prouder of me, my family for getting me here and my closest friends.”

While some pundits have called for the swashbuckling left-hander to retire, Warner still has a desire to take the field for Australia ahead of his 100th Test match.

“It was my childhood dream, I am not out here to not play, I love it, every day I get out of bed knowing I have a game the next day with a smile on my face, the same energy and enthusiasm,” Warner said.

“You ask any of the players in the change room who is the loudest, it’s me, so I love it, it is what I live for.”

Against South Africa Warner boasts an impressive record, averaging 48.2 across 25 innings with four hundreds and five half centuries.


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In spite of a three-year drought without a century in Test cricket, David Warner proved the doubters wrong with an innings to remember, reaching three figures in his 100th Test match.

Warner brought up the three figures in just 144 balls, pulling a Kagiso Rabada delivery down to fine leg for a boundary, and receiving a rapturous Melbourne applause.

The opener became the 10th player to make a century in their 100th Test match, joining Ricky Ponting as the second Australian to achieve the feat. Ponting to this point is the only player to make dual centuries in a 100th Test appearance.

Warner passed the 8000 Test run mark in the innings, doing so at an average of over 46, also passing Mark Waugh as Australia's 7th-most prolific run-scorer in the format. Just seven batters boast more than the 25 Test centuries for Australia than the 36-year-old left-hander, who joins Pakistan great Inzamam-ul-Haq on the mark.

Beginning the day on 32*, Warner looked in good touch in the early moments against the acclaimed Proteas attack, accelerating with multiple boundaries.

A mix-up cost Marnus Labuschagne his wicket at the other end, though Warner continued alongside Steve Smith in Australia's assault either side of lunch, as the hosts moved into a strong position.

Building on a strong first day with the ball, Australia have now taken a first-innings lead, and look on the way to taking both the dozen World Test Championship points and an unassailable 2-0 series lead.

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Scored 200* in his 100th test (only Joe root scored 200 in 100th test other than him).. if Aussies can bat bat another whole day he can make it to 300..
 
Congratulations to Davey, what a time to do it in the Boxing Day Test to set up a big victory for Australia, and on a personal level in his 100th match as well. He won’t be forgetting this one in a hurry.
 
Hit his 25th century in his 100th test! And makes it a double to join Joe Root in an exclusive club. Warner's consistency is very underrated
 
STAT: 11th time Warner has been dismissed by Ashwin in Tests - the joint most Ashwin has dismissed a batter alongside Ben Stokes
 
Legendary Australia captain Ricky Ponting believes David Warner missed an opportunity for an SCG swansong in Test cricket earlier this year but believes the opener is set to make a comeback in the format.

Warner’s Test future is in doubt after he had to fly back to Australia following the second Test in Delhi after suffering a concussion and fracturing his elbow.

His Test form has been a growing concern since 2022. In 14 matches, Warner has scored just 607 runs at 26.39 which includes a double-century in the Boxing Day Test against South Africa.

Despite that, Ponting believes the opener will return to a team that punched their ticket for the ICC World Test Championship 2021-23 Final with a nine-wicket win against India in Indore and has an Ashes series to follow soon after.

“I think they'll definitely want to play him in the World Test Championship match,” Ponting said on The ICC Review. “They have got some really big decisions to make, leading into the Ashes [in England] as well. A bit like some of the selection issues they had coming to India.

“They're probably going to have similar things to think about when they get to the UK because David’s record in the UK is not as strong as it is in some other places around the world.

“But I don't think it's the end of David Warner, I think they'll bring him back for that one game. If he does well there, then I think he’ll probably start the Ashes and see from there.”

At 36, Warner is in the twilight of his career and Ponting, who admitted in the past that he’d prolonged his career longer than he should have, perhaps understands better than most what it’s like to be in Warner’s shoes right now.

In fact, Ponting believes the best opportunity for a fitting Test retirement has already passed for Warner.

“Look, I was on radio a couple of days ago, back here in Australia, and I thought the absolute best time for Davey to retire, if he was thinking about it at all, was after the Sydney Test match here in Australia,” said Ponting.

“He’d just played his 100th Test in Melbourne, and obviously got 200 in the first innings down there. And to bow out in front of his home crowd is obviously the way that every player would like to finish their careers.

“Who knows now that opportunity might not come around again for Davey, you know. That's nearly another 12 months away.”

Ponting remains hopeful Warner can rediscover his form and give his career enough of a life to draw curtains on his own terms.

“Look, I'd love it if he could do that. It’d be fitting if he could do that, finish in front of his home crowd,” said Ponting. “But he's going to have to play really well between now and then for that to happen. And in my own heart of hearts, I hope that's the case.

“I think his career deserves to finish the way he wants it to. Sort of not to be dropped or tapped on the shoulder in the middle of an overseas tour and have his career end in that way. That's why I just hope he can find it within himself to score a lot of runs between now and next summer.

“If he does, then next summer might be the ideal opportunity for him.”

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Veteran batter David Warner can turn around a run of indifferent form to claim a spot in Australia’s starting XI at the World Test Championship Final, according to New Zealand great Ross Taylor.

Warner has been backed to rediscover his top form during a stint with Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League and push for selection with Australia for the WTC Final at The Oval in England.

The 36-year-old plundered a rousing double ton in the most recent Boxing Day Test against South Africa but made only 26 runs in three innings in the red-ball series in India that followed.

Warner left Australia's tour of India early after suffering a concussion and a fractured elbow in the second Test, but has now recovered in time to captain Delhi Capitals in the IPL.

Travis Head impressed as an opener in two Tests in Warner’s absence, but the veteran has been backed to reclaim a spot at the top of the order alongside Usman Khawaja for the WTC Final.

“Davey's played a lot of cricket, over 100-odd Test matches. You give these guys a little bit more leeway than you would a youngster,” Taylor said.

“He's been playing cricket all over the world and has had success, and I am sure this Australia team would back him.

“If he can score some runs and lead from the front for Delhi, I am sure that would give him a lot of confidence leading into the WTC Final and the Ashes as well.”

Warner has found English conditions particularly testing in the past, and compiled only 95 runs in 10 innings during the most recent Ashes campaign there in 2019.

But the left-hander is unlikely to have much time to prepare in England conditions ahead of the WTC Final, with Warner among a host of Australia and India players to have IPL commitments that could stretch as far as the final scheduled for 28 May.

The WTC Final will start shortly after on 7 June, leaving little time for the two teams and many of their players to prepare for the red-ball format.

“That week or so that both teams have before that Test match is going to be key,” Taylor said.

“Especially when you come from the T20 format into Test cricket, there is an adjustment.

“But players are quite used to making that adjustment quite quickly now.”

Australia will play an Ashes series in England in the months after the WTC Final in what looms as a pivotal period for what has so far proven to be the top team of the current WTC cycle.

The most recent Ashes series in England ended in a 2-2 draw from the five Tests, while Australia triumphed 4-0 from the same number of matches at home in 2021/22.

A first Ashes series victory in England since 2001 would be an obvious goal for this Australia team, and Taylor warns that it could prove to be a distraction around the WTC Final.

“Australia will have an eye on the Ashes series,” Taylor said.

“Their main objective would obviously be to win that (WTC Final) Test match, but consciously or subconsciously they would have an eye on the Ashes.”

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Wicketkeeping has become such an underrated spot these days. Jokers like Azam Khan, Umar Akmal & David Warner feel they fit the bill.
 
Second 50 in a row for DC captain but some criticism of his slow innings.
 
Former Australian captain Mark Taylor believes David Warner will get the nod for the WTC23 final at The Oval in June despite his lean red-ball form.

The former opener feels Australia will put their faith in the fellow left-hander who found his mojo with a double century against South Africa at the Boxing Day Test, though struggled in Australia's away series defeat to India.

Outside of his even 200 against the Proteas late last year, he has failed to reach fifty in the last 18 Test innings, and also averaged just 9.50 on the last Ashes tour in 2019.

Taylor feels Australia's selectors, tipped to name a squad for the WTC final and the first two Ashes Tests this week, will stick with the 36-year-old.

"If I am reading the tea leaves right, it sounds like they will stick with David for the World Test Championship (final) at The Oval," the former Test captain told AAP.

"And if that's the way Australia are thinking about the World Test Championship, then yes, they have to start with him for the Ashes."


Australia staff have hinted the squad will be re-evaluated after the Lord's Test beginning on 28 June.

Warner in the meantime has kept his eye in through white-ball, scoring 228 runs across five innings at the IPL, though his Delhi Capitals are still winless in 2023.

Taylor feels Warner and Usman Khawaja will be the pair to walk out for Australia come 7 June for the final, though wants a right/left-hand combination in the future to ask more questions of opposition bowling attacks. Cameron Bancroft, who enjoyed a fruitful Australian domestic summer, may be the man to step up should a change be made.

"It would be very hard to have Usman Khawaja and Warner open the batting and then change a week later for the first Test at Edgbaston.

"My old way of thinking, I always like a right and left-hander combination. So I would love to see Cameron Bancroft get another opportunity at the top of the order," he said.

"I see (Matt) Renshaw has been making runs in New Zealand (for Australia A), but Bancroft has made a heap of runs in the Australian summer."

Marcus Harris too has put his name forward off the back of consistent runs across domestic cricket in Australia and in the UK, most recently making a second-innings century for Gloucestershire against Glamorgan.

Taylor thinks Harris' flow of runs puts him in the discussion, though Bancroft and Renshaw as better in other facets, mainly in the field.

"One thing I do like about Bancroft, which I also like about Renshaw, is their ability to catch in the field. In the next year or two, we're going to need to find two openers. The one thing that has worried me about Marcus Harris is his fielding.

"The way this series is looking like panning out, fielding is going to be crucial. I think that will go against someone like a Marcus Harris, whose fielding is not great."

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Under-pressure David Warner was Wednesday spared the axe and included in Australia´s squad for the first two Ashes Tests and the World Test Championship final, while all-rounder Mitchell Marsh earned a recall.

Veteran opener Warner is fighting to save his career after a lean run with the bat that had some questioning whether his time was up.
 
Australia coach Andrew McDonald is confident veteran opener David Warner can have a strong impact during the upcoming ICC World Test Championship final against India and Ashes series with England.

Warner has struggled to make much of an impact in England conditions in recent times and mustered just 95 runs at a miserly average of 9.50 across five Tests during Australia's last Ashes series away from home.

But McDonald has thrown his support behind the experienced left-hander and believes he can make a healthy contribution across the hectic six-Test schedule that includes the World Test Championship final and Ashes series.

“We're optimistic with what Dave's got left," McDonald said on Australian radio station SEN on Wednesday.

"We've picked him in the squad, and we feel that he's going to play a really significant part in the Ashes and the World Test Championship Final and that's why he's on the plane.

"We think he's got some good games left in him."

Warner broke a drought of almost two years without a Test century when he amassed a superb 200 against South Africa during the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne last year and looked to be in reasonable touch when scoring 516 runs from 14 IPL matches with the Delhi Capitals in even more recent times.

McDonald said he was buoyed by Warner's form at the IPL and was quick to point out the 36-year-old's successful haul of five half-centuries and 416 runs against England during Australia's 2015 Ashes series in England.

“I think he can draw on some positive experiences in England,” McDonald said.

“In 2015, I think it was eight (sic) half-centuries and he averaged mid-forties.

“So, he's had success there, it's not as though he hasn't had success in those conditions.

“We're backing him to draw on everything that he's got, I think leading into the Boxing Day Test the doomsday people are out there as well.

“He's got still plenty to draw upon and we saw it early in the IPL as well.

“We saw a trend up in terms of his form there … the doubters were out again around his game and then he was able to rebound and respond.

“He's in a good head space, I spoke to him as recently as yesterday and he's ready to go and he's really excited to get back into camp and see the boys."

The World Test Championship final against India at The Oval commences on June 7, with the first Ashes Test in Birmingham from June 16.

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With his place under threat entering the Ashes tour, David Warner has revealed he plans to retire from Test cricket at home this summer.

Warner, 36, has been an integral part of the Australian men’s Test side since 2011, but has struggled for consistent runs in the past 18 months, either side of a sparkling double century against South Africa at the MCG in his 100th match.

Australia’s head coach Andrew McDonald recently moved to quell speculation about Warner’s future by indicating that the national selectors viewed him as a key part of the team for both the World Test Championship final against India, to begin on Wednesday at the Oval, and the Ashes series to follow.

But Warner’s indication that he will call time on his Test career at home serves to further clarify matters.

“You’ve got to score runs. I’ve always said the [2024] World Cup would probably be my final game,” Warner told reporters in Beckenham, on London’s outskirts, on Saturday.

“I probably owe it to myself and my family - if I can score runs here and continue to play back in Australia - I can definitely say I won’t be playing that West Indies series.

“If I can get through this [WTC final and Ashes] and make the Pakistan series I will definitely finish up then.”

The Australian squad for England also features the backup openers Marcus Harris (who also toured England in 2019) and Matt Renshaw.

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And he wanted to retire from Tests many moons ago :)) what a career he has had, a champion cricketer and modern great
 
Simon Doull on TV:

"Very few Australian openers would have survived 15 Test matches with that sort of record [from Warner].

"He is under the pump, he is under real scrutiny for his selection. Have they got other options? Yes, they do.

"Might they go with them in the Ashes? Absolutely. If he gets done in the first or second Test, that could be him done, his career over."


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If Australia try to replicate the Bazball approach then Warner could be a handful in the ashes.
 
Even before David Warner confirmed the current England sojourn as his final Test tour, the combative opener had flagged his plans to go down swinging.

At Australia's final formal training session at bucolic Beckenham in England's garden county of Kent, before their preparation for next week's World Test Championship final shifts to The Oval in London, Warner was a picture of studied industriousness during a couple of stints in the practice nets.

The first came shortly after he revealed plans to call time on his 12-year Test tenure after the three-match home series against Pakistan next summer, and it unfolded on a green-tinged centre wicket against formidable teammates Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood, each armed with brand new Dukes-brand balls.

The second began shortly before a break for lunch midway through Australia's six-hour practice run, by which time the sun was breaking through the morning's blanket cloud cover, and ended with a series of throw downs from assistant coach Michael Di Venuto on a bone dry, rock hard practice pitch.

Throughout both sessions, the left-hander stood solid in defence on both front and back foot, intently watched deliveries that carried inherent menace as they passed harmlessly by, and muscled anything marginally short over mid-wicket or extra cover.

It might have passed as perfunctory nets outing if not for the fact his practice partner – with the pair rotating through the striker's end every few deliveries – was Australia's pre-eminent batter Steve Smith, who found himself repeatedly battling to lay bat on the shiny dark-red ball.

While Smith cussed volubly with each mishit, as much at himself as the degree of difficulty posed by the bowlers, Warner danced and shimmied, shadow-batted and chit-chatted.

"How's it sounding off the bat?" he asked of nobody in particular, after a trademark punch-drive sent a ball skidding across the grass through forward point accompanied by a crack like a rifle report.

Warner had earlier evaluated the form he's found in the Beckenham nets since Australia's first outing at the county out-ground last Thursday as the best of his phenomenally productive international career.

"Here, I've actually been superb in terms of my feet are moving, my energy's been moving, and I've been up and about," said Warner, who believes the quick turnaround from last month's Indian Premier League T20 stint to a six-Test summer in England will help his game rather than hinder as many speculate.

"I've come off the IPL and, in that format, you have to look to score and I think that's held me in good stead for this (Test) preparation.

"I'm still looking to score.

"I think sometimes, when I've (transitioned) from a red ball in state cricket into a Test match series, I've gone out and looked to survive and sort of changed the characteristics of my batting.

"So I think that (intent) has held me in good stead at the moment, and I've been practicing probably better than I ever have in the nets."

As if the contrast between his and Smith's disparate batting experiences against their fellow New South Wales bowling pair didn't provide sufficient vindication of Warner's assessment, he received strong endorsement from a highly credentialled third party.

As a teammate since the duo's pre-teen days in Sydney's southeast junior competitions, and now Test opening partner, Usman Khawaja has seen a lot of Warner batting across two and a bit decades, in the training environment and from 22 yards away at the non-striker's end.

And Khawaja is unequivocal in his view Warner is as well placed as he could be to correct the blip on his batting record caused by a forgettable 2019 Ashes campaign that yielded 95 runs at an average of 9.5 from 10 innings, seven of which were ended by Stuart Broad.

"Genuinely, this is the best I've seen Davey bat in the nets the last couple days, it's been awesome to watch," Khawaja told cricket.com.au.

"It's as simple as just the way he's moving; just the way he's striking the ball.

"I've played a lot of cricket with him, and I've batted at the other end to him throughout my career – Test cricket or at state level – and you can just tell when he's moving well.

"He's an aggressive player, he plays a lot of shots generally and you can see when that's happening.

"It would not surprise me if he comes out and scores a truckload of runs here, it's just what Davey can do.

"Every time his back is against the wall, it seems like that's when he scores runs.

"So it would not surprise me if he came out here and was the leading runs scorer in the series."

Much has been made of Warner's skinny returns when Australia last played Tests in England, and even more of the stranglehold Broad took upon the veteran opener – and his front pad, in particular – but Warner cites a couple of credible factors as mitigation.

The first is that no opening batter could claim to have met expectations in that bowler-dominated series, that was played using a version of the local Dukes ball especially ordered by England and Wales Cricket Board officials in the knowledge it would make life tougher for batters.

At the start of the 2019 UK county season, the ECB shifted to a version of the Dukes ball that featured a less-pronounced seam amid fears the first-class game was becoming too heavily weighted in favour of bowlers.

But a batch of 2018 balls were retained and earmarked for that summer's Ashes contest.

So sick of the sight of those relics did Warner become during his battle against Broad four years ago, when one found its way into his net today via a mishit from one of his teammates batting nearby, he picked it up, glanced at it and immediately launched it into oblivion yelling "that's a 2018 ball".

His distaste is corroborated by statistics that confirm the 2019 Ashes is one of only two multi-Test campaigns between the historic rivals played in England to have produced a solitary opening stand of 50-plus runs, and none that reached 100.

The other outlier came in Australia's two-match tour of 1890 when John Lyons and Charles 'Terror' Turner's first-wicket stand of 66 for the visitors on day one of the opening Test at Lord's against W G Grace's men was that Test summer's benchmark.

Almost 130 years later, it was England pair Rory Burns and Joe Denly's second innings effort of 54 in the final Test at The Oval that prevented an historic low point among Ashes openers.

Warner's other observation about the leanest series batting average of his Test career to that point – subsequently pipped by the 8.66 he averaged in India earlier this year, before being forced home early with injury after two matches – was the batting instructions under which he was operating.

"It was difficult, and there was nothing to do with any of my technique or anything like that," Warner said prior to Saturday's training session.

"If I am critical of myself, it was probably for going away from my game plan, which is looking to score.

"I was listening to some other voices which, from my perspective, didn't suit my game.

"So I gave that a chance, but I felt like I batted my best at Leeds (scoring 61 in difficult day one batting conditions in the third Test of 2019) and that was the way I normally played.

"I'm happy to nick off playing a cover drive rather than a front foot defence.

"From an opening batter's perspective, it's going to be challenging with the new ball to do that.

"But you have to be brave, and I think in these conditions with world-class bowlers, you can't allow them to settle and you can't allow them to put the ball in that one spot.

"So you're going to have to make some brave decisions and be content with getting out, if it's a cover drive or whatever."

Another element of his trusted batting blueprint Warner will avowedly not change is his training regime heading into the WTC Final against India starting on Wednesday, and then the start of the five-match Ashes series barely a week later.

Despite discovering the best practice nets form of his career in recent days, the man who cheerfully concedes "I'm one of the worst netters going around" isn't about to risk leaving that good touch on the training ground.

As such, he will likely partake of one final, fleeting hit at The Oval next Monday before sitting out his team's match-eve training run and trusting his preparation to date as sufficient to erase the bitter memories of 2019.

"On the fifth (Monday) we have another main day and I'll taper off there, and I won't train on the sixth," Warner said.

"So I'll do a bulk of my work beforehand, and then relax."

In the twilight of his playing days, as has been the case since he blazed on to the scene as a T20 bludgeoner in 2009, David Warner is doing it his way.

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Can picture it Pak 0-2 down depleted Warner battering the crap out of shaheen & co

Write down a century before lunch infact.
 
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Can picture it Pak 0-2 down depleted Warner battering the crap out of shaheen & co

Write down a century before lunch infact.
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He will probably be dropped after Ashes failures. Won't make it that far.
 
It appears Steve Smith is not entirely aligned with the retirement plan flagged by David Warner, after the former Australian captain suggested his long-time teammate will only farewell Test cricket the way he wants if he overturns his meagre output with the bat.

Speaking on the cusp of the World Test Championship final against India, beginning on Wednesday, Warner said he wished to call time after Australia's match against Pakistan at the SCG next January.

In Warner's perfect world, the 36-year-old from New South Wales will play the World Test Championship final, the five Ashes Tests and the three Tests against Pakistan, rounding out what would be a 112-match career in the longest format on his home patch.

But Smith didn't seem completely supportive of the veteran opener's plan while speaking before the World Test Championship decider at The Oval, in which Australia will shoot for its first title in the second cycle of the system.

"It's nice to have an end date if that's the way you want to go, but ultimately we've all got to be doing our job and for batters that's scoring runs. That's all of our jobs," Smith said.

David Warner (left) and Steve Smith pictured during the 2019 Ashes. (Gareth Copley/Getty Images)
"In an ideal world that's when Davey said he'd like to finish up, but he's got to score runs. All of us do. We'll see what happens."

Warner plans on continuing in white-ball cricket beyond his time in the Test format, with the left-hander hoping to feature in this year's 50-over World Cup and next year's T20 World Cup.

But he's only reached a century on one occasion from his last 32 Test innings, that being his heroic 200 against South Africa at the MCG last December, and scored just 26 runs at 8.66 in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series.

His most recent United Kingdom Ashes campaign was a disaster, yielding just 95 runs at 9.50.

While the Australians are eager to win their first World Test Championship title, Smith made it clear that beating England in England was their chief concern — a feat they haven't achieved since 2001.

"The Ashes series here is one that's eluded us," Smith said.

"We got close last time and couldn't quite get over the line.

"It's certainly something I'd like to tick off my bucket list, winning an Ashes series here."

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India and Australia are taking the field against each other at The Oval in London. Australia's Travis Head and Steve Smith dominated India's bowling unit as they smashed 146* and 95* respectively. Both stitch a mammoth 251-run unbeaten stand for the fourth wicket to put Australia in the driver's seat by putting 327/3 on the board at the stumps on Day 1.

In the first session, Mohammed Siraj and Mohammed Shami used attacking lengths and bowling angles to target Usman Khawaja and David Warner. The opening batters added 69 runs for the second wicket before Warner fell for 43 (60).

With 43 runs, Warner broke Michael Clarke's record of scoring the most runs for Australia in international cricket. Before Day 1 of the World Test Championship, Warner needed 31 runs to leapfrog Michael Clarke's tally of 17112, and after his innings, Warner is now the fourth-highest run scorer for Australia in international cricket with 17125 runs registered in his name in 345 matches.

Legendary Australian batter Ricky Ponting sits at the top of the elite list; he has smashed 27368 runs in 559 matches. Followed by him, SR Waugh and AR Border are in the second and third spots with 18496 and 17698 runs, respectively.

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Warner will most probably fail in the Ashes because he is not good enough to score in England. He couldn’t do it in his prime which means he is even more unlikely to do so in the twilight of his career.

Another bad Ashes in England could signal the end of his career, but playing Pakistan at home is the easiest possible assignment for an Australian Test cricketer.

Warner deserves a farewell series. He has been a massive player for Australia.
 
Not sure if he will last until the Pakistan visit.
 
Warner vs Broad in Tests

Runs: 397
Balls: 734
Dismissals: 15
Avg: 26.46
 
I have never seen a worse opener in English conditions. I would have more faith in Hafeez than Warner in England.

He is one of the biggest reasons why Australia haven’t won in England since he became their first-choice opener.
 
He's easily been the best opener in tests in last 10 years alongside Cook but he's done now. Broad's bunny!
 
Good decision. He can retire on a high after bashing Pakistan at home. Scoring a ton in a session, triple hundred not out etc. are not out of the question.
 
Mamoon said:
I have never seen a worse opener in English conditions. I would have more faith in Hafeez than Warner in England.

He is one of the biggest reasons why Australia haven’t won in England since he became their first-choice opener.
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He is lucky that Australia is the opposite of subcontinent fans. We place heavy importance on away stats whereas I think the Aussies really value the big knocks at home infront of their packed stadium.
 
He's unnecessarily destroying his legacy by prolonging his career. He had a good sucessful career and should now just retire. If he fails in the 2nd inning and that too get out to Broad then the chances are he will be dropped from the next match with Travis becoming opener and Renshaw coming in at 6, so playing the last match at SCG, though not impossible, but remains a distant dream at the moment.
 
Warner's legacy is already ruined. A tier 1 home bully whose only good overseas performance was against South Africa. Can't score to save his life on pitches that aren't bouncy or flat.

Khwaja has played better knocks in last 1.5 years than Warner has in his entire test career.

Khawaja knocks since beginning of 2022

160 (369) vs Pakistan in Karachi
104* (178) vs Pakistan in Lahore
71 (130) vs Sri Lanka at Galle (highest scorer in the entire match, Australia won)
81 (125) vs India at Delhi (highest scorer in the entire match)
60 (147) vs India at Indore (highest scorer in the entire match, Australia won)
180 (422) vs India at Ahmedabad (second highest scorer in the match, Australia drew)

Khawaja would have 5x the career of Warner if he got enough chance. No offence to Warner but he's an overachiever and doesn't deserve to bat alongside Khawaja.
 
Warner the Test opener is essentially a poor man’s Sehwag.
 
DeadlyVenom said:
He is lucky that Australia is the opposite of subcontinent fans. We place heavy importance on away stats whereas I think the Aussies really value the big knocks at home infront of their packed stadium.
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Warner has been tremendous for Australia, but they should have adopted a horses for courses approach with him in England.

He never had the game for English conditions but they kept picking him. It is baffling to see him play in England in 2023 after what Broad did to him in 2019 in the prime of his career.
 
Mamoon said:
Warner has been tremendous for Australia, but they should have adopted a horses for courses approach with him in England.

He never had the game for English conditions but they kept picking him. It is baffling to see him play in England in 2023 after what Broad did to him in 2019 in the prime of his career.
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Anyone would take an average of 45 at a S/R of 70 across 100+ Tests. He has bashed Pakistan quiet a bit though and would still slot into every Pakistani XI this century.
 
Warner teetering on the edge here - another sub-par score today in the 2nd innings.
 
shaz619 said:
Anyone would take an average of 45 at a S/R of 70 across 100+ Tests. He has bashed Pakistan quite a bit though and would still slot into every Pakistani XI this century.
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Bashing Pakistan at home means absolutely nothing for an Australian player. Their junior girls team would smash Pakistani bowlers in Australia.

Warner has been a complete failure in England. Australia would have walked the Ashes in 2019 with a half-decent opener playing instead of him.
 
Mamoon said:
Bashing Pakistan at home means absolutely nothing for an Australian player. Their junior girls team would smash Pakistani bowlers in Australia.

Warner has been a complete failure in England. Australia would have walked the Ashes in 2019 with a half-decent opener playing instead of him.
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Well The fact that he keeps playing Ashes probably indicates that they don't have any other openers better than him.
 
Since the sandpaper scandal, he's played 26 innings outside Australia @ 17.7

He's finished
 
Mamoon said:
Bashing Pakistan at home means absolutely nothing for an Australian player. Their junior girls team would smash Pakistani bowlers in Australia.

Warner has been a complete failure in England. Australia would have walked the Ashes in 2019 with a half-decent opener playing instead of him.
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He has done the job on Pakistan away from home to though
 
Just when you thought you could write off Warner...gets a fifty and scored it at a good pace too.
 
Warner 'not just there to survive'

Nasser Hussain, speaking to Sky Sports Cricket:

"It's almost like David Warner is in one-day mode or even when he's playing out in the IPL. You could tell from his body language he wasn't there just to survive and I think that is the best way to go when it is doing something.

"He played well in the World Test Championship final, he played well at Edgbaston and looks like he's in good touch, and he's someone who's still hungry to do well."
 
Warner won't take CA contract as he eyes white-ball future

Having flagged the end of his Test career this summer, the veteran opener discusses his plans for his involvement in the limited-overs formats

David Warner has confirmed he won't take up a Cricket Australia contract if offered one next year, and is unlikely to be available for the national men's team's white-ball commitments at home against the West Indies later in the current summer.

But Warner, who has already flagged plans to retire from Test cricket following the New Year's match against Pakistan at the SCG in January, indicated he was a chance to turn out for Sydney Thunder in the BBL "if the dates align with what my schedule is".

The dynamic opener is yet to finalise his playing plans beyond his involvement in a five-match T20I series that begins in India next Thursday (Nov 23), and then the NRMA Insurance Test series against Pakistan beginning at Perth Stadium on December 14.

He holds a contract with Dubai Capitals in the International League T20 competition that overlaps with the latter stages of BBL|13, meaning he could only conceivably play in the UAE tournament from late January after his Thunder commitments are complete.

That's unless he negotiates an early exit from the BBL with CA, as was the case for Adelaide Strikers' Chris Lynn last summer.

Warner claimed his only definitive commitment beyond his final Test appearance in his home town is his brother's wedding early in January.

Warner's announcement prior to this year's Ashes campaign in the UK that he would draw the curtain on his remarkable 12-year Test career led to speculation he would abandon all international duties and become a 'hired gun' for T20 franchises worldwide.

But speaking in Kolkata today, the 37-year-old reiterated his intention to keep playing for Australia up until the next ICC T20 World Cup in the USA and Caribbean next year, and also suggested the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy to be held in Pakistan remained a possibility.

However, he remains adamant he won't take up a central contract offer from CA when the next round becomes available even if he meets the qualifying threshold of three Test or five ODI/T20 appearances.

He claimed that not only would a central contract impinge on his capacity to participate in global franchise competitions that best suit his schedule, the rewards offered by a low-ranked CA deal would be outweighed by sponsorship opportunities he could pursue as a freelance cricketer.

"I won't be taking a contract, definitely not," Warner said. "How the system works in Australia is that if you play five (T20) games or ODIs, or three Tests, you get upgraded and then you're legally bound by contracting system with sponsors and stuff.

"That's something that becomes a bit of a pain in the backside, especially at my stage of my career.

"So I don't want to be signed to that agreement and that's something I have to think about moving forward, because if you're going to get a low contract, it's going to cost you a lot in the long run with sponsorships.

"I've got to sit back and have a look at what the schedule is, the (ICC) Future Tours schedule and you've got a Champions Trophy that's coming up as well.

"So they're potentially on my horizon."

According to the ICC's Future Tours Program released last year for the international playing calendar from 2022 to 2027, the Australia men's team upcoming white-ball commitments (in addition to the T20 World Cup and Champions Trophy) are bilateral series against Pakistan (home) and New Zealand, Afghanistan, Ireland and England (away).

But Warner claimed financial and playing considerations would take a back seat to family priorities now that his daughters (Ivy Mae, Indy Rae and Isla Rose) are starting to take part in organised sport and wife Candice has been shouldering the parenting workload for much of the past decade.

In declining a central contract but still making himself available for select white-ball series and tournaments for Australia, Warner is following a precedent set by other international players including New Zealand swing bowler Trent Boult who asked to be released from his Black Caps contract last year.

"It's very difficult to say, 'I want to play Twenty20s and one-dayers', but you don't want to be taking contracts from a young kid that's coming through," said Warner, who is Australia's leading runs scorer at the current World Cup with 499 from his nine innings thus far.

"And to be fair, it's probably pointless me taking that contract given that I'm not going to be playing Test cricket … but you don't want to disturb what's happening as well.

"Twenty-year-olds now are going to have to make the decision of whether they're going to go and play international cricket or franchise cricket.

"Fortunately enough, I've had a very good, successful international career and I'm at the back end where I'm able to choose that."

Warner pointed out that it's his decision to retire from Test cricket that should enable him the freedom to oscillate between international representation and franchise cricket commitments.

But given the primacy Test cricket holds in Australia, he conceded it would not be a feasible option for players who wanted to continue in the red-ball format which, in turn, meant CA could rightly determine where and when their contracted players participated.

"Test cricket is the pinnacle, I feel like you have to play Test stuff," he said. "That's what I set out to wanting to try and do, if you want to play red-ball cricket you're not going to be picking and choosing which Test matches you play.

"We do miss series due to fatigue and everything so from that perspective, Cricket Australia then won't allow you as part of the (central) contract to go and play in another league.

"So like, there's a lot of things that you've got to factor in and they're probably going to be conversations I'll have after the (current) summer."

Warner won't rule out extending his playing days for at least the next two or three years, citing examples of ex-Australia allrounder Brad Hogg, West Indies power-hitter Chris Gayle and Pakistan's Shoaib Malik as limited-overs specialists who continued beyond the age of 40.

But by calling time on his Test tenure, and the contractual requirements that accompany players who aspire to pull on the Baggy Green Cap, Warner believes he will be best able to balance family commitments with employment as a professional cricketer.

"I'll have to give myself a little bit of time off after summer to actually think about all of that first," he said of what awaits after his planned Test finale in Sydney.

"My goal is still to set my sights on playing the Twenty20 World Cup in the Caribbean first (in June next year), and I think from there I'll probably decide what I'm going to do with white-ball cricket.

"I'm still feeling fit. I'm very comfortable with what I'm doing. So I've got to sit down and look at what there is, and what I can play."

SOURCE: CA
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"I Think It's Time": Ex-Australia Star On David Warner's Test Retirement

David Warner, 37, had indicated earlier this year that he would like to finish his Test career at his home ground in Sydney against Pakistan in January next year.

Former Australian cricketer Simon O'Donnell is not in favour of opening batter David Warner getting a farewell Test, saying no one should have the right to pick and choose the venue and date of his choice. Warner, 37, had indicated earlier this year that he would like to finish his Test career at his home ground in Sydney against Pakistan in January next year. The all-format player will continue playing white-ball cricket but is planning to call it a day in the longest format with the three-Test series against Pakistan beginning on December 14 and concluding with the third Test in Sydney in January.

"I don't like farewell tours. I didn't like it back in Steve Waugh's Day or Mark Taylor's Day. I think you're invited to play for Australia and it's an honour to do that," O'Donnell opined on Sen Radio on Friday.

"I don't think anyone has the right to say, 'I'll finish, on the 30th of June this year'."

Questioned if it was right to select the left-handed batter for the Test series based on his form during the Ashes rubber earlier this year or his performance in white-ball format, O'Donnell said, there should be a discussion on the issue.

"There would be genuine debate about that. Like Cameron Bancroft, I'm not sure how much more he needs to do."

"He just keeps peeling off hundreds and if it's not 100 it's a 60. If he has one bad innings, he then makes another 100 you know, he's just been in brilliant form the last 18 months," said O'Donnell, who played six Tests and 87 ODIs for Australia.

Bancroft, along with then skipper Steve Smith and Warner, was banned for a year for his involvement in the 'sandpaper-gate' scandal during Australia's third Test against South Africa in Cape Town in 2018.

O'Donnell questioned the selectors how long will Bancroft have to wait for his turn to play Tests following the 2018 episode.

"Do you make him wait another summer? Because that's what he's going to have to do if that plan (to play Warner) goes ahead.

"I think the game is always bigger than the individual. There's a lot to take in. But the first thing Australia's got to do is win their Test match. If David Warner is the best at number one at the top of the order, so be it," he added.

O'Donnell feels it's time for Warner to call it a day in Tests.

"I do in the white ball (format), no problem at all. But with the red ball, I think it's time. But we're in this corner, we're just coming off a World Cup, and that's going to muddy the waters.

"Everyone will say, 'Oh yeah, what about his World Cup?' So that buys some more time (for Warner), I think."


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Incredible career
2 world cups odi
1 world test championship albeit a strange title for tests
1 world cup t20

Had an ipl title? Or 2?

Born winner. Champion player. One of the greats.
Would saybon par with Hayden and Langer in tests.
 
kron said:
Incredible career
2 world cups odi
1 world test championship albeit a strange title for tests
1 world cup t20

Had an ipl title? Or 2?

Born winner. Champion player. One of the greats.
Would saybon par with Hayden and Langer in tests.
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Definitely going down as one of the legends. For some reason, he often gets neglected when we’re talking about the current greats but he’s right up there.
 
I remember backing him to do well in Tests when he was labelled a T20 tullebaaz. That was after he did well in shorter formats but failed repeatedly in Test cricket. Has come a long way. Brilliant career.
 
Hitman said:
I remember backing him to do well in Tests when he was labelled a T20 tullebaaz. That was after he did well in shorter formats but failed repeatedly in Test cricket. Has come a long way. Brilliant career.
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Warner is a modern great for sure. Doesnt get the hype that he deserves. Always positive with an attacking mindset even in tests. Aus will actually miss him more in tests than odis or t20s..
 
kron said:
Incredible career
2 world cups odi
1 world test championship albeit a strange title for tests
1 world cup t20

Had an ipl title? Or 2?

Born winner. Champion player. One of the greats.
Would saybon par with Hayden and Langer in tests.
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Quality player.

Proper Australian mindset with that innate thirst for winning and going all out to make it happen.
 
deltexas said:
Warner is a modern great for sure. Doesnt get the hype that he deserves. Always positive with an attacking mindset even in tests. Aus will actually miss him more in tests than odis or t20s..
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With the changes in ODI cricket over the last 10 years, it's easier now to find good ODI batsmen than good Test batsmen these days. Test cricket hasn't changed (thankfully!), and good Test batsmen aren't found in plenty.
 
Not fair. Why doesn't Warner retire before the Pakistan tests.

Spare the Pakistani bowlers, Warner!
 
According to Media Sources:

Australian Test captain Pat Cummins has suggested David Warner's impending retirement from red ball cricket will not influence selection for the upcoming home Test series against Pakistan.

Selectors will meet and choose their squad in the coming weeks for the three-Test series, which kicks off on December 14 in Perth.

Warner has long suggested that he plans to retire after the third Test against Pakistan on his home ground, the SCG, in January, but it remains to be seen whether he'll make it that far.

"Team's not picked yet, selectors will pick it after this Shield round so we'll wait and see," Cummins told media on Tuesday.

Despite remaining tight-lipped on who will make the cut, Cummins heaped praise on Warner's recent form at the World Cup, where Australia downed India to win the final by six wickets.

"It can't hurt (being in form). Any player's a better player when they're going in with confidence to the game, so I thought he (Warner) was brilliant this World Cup, like he has been with the white ball for a long period of time," he said.

"Again, he wasn't just playing for himself out there, he'd go and take the game on, be brave, put it back on the opposition, I think he's hitting the ball beautifully at the moment."

As for a possible Test send-off, Cummins said Warner's confidence with the bat still doesn't guarantee him a spot come the summer.

"He's a great of our game in all formats, no doubt that's part of it," he said.

"(But) first and foremost you always think of the performance side of things when you're picking a side.

Australian coach Andrew McDonald also refused to guarantee a spot for the 37-year-old opener.

"That will all be decided later this week," McDonald told SEN on Tuesday.

"Like any other decision, (it's about) working out who is the best player for that position at that point in time.

"I think with Test cricket it's really clear, you don't necessarily need to future-proof things too much. With a cycle with a World Cup, One Day or T20, there's an element of 'OK, what are we looking for to build to get to that grand final?', whereas, we see every Test match as important in terms of the direction of Australian cricket."

The Test summer kicks off on December 14 in Perth, when Australia take on Pakistan in the first of a three-Test series.
 
Happy for the warnie, he has done everything for his team. To hang up his boots now won't be good for diehard cricket fans but still he had hell of a career and would enjoy his retirement in near future.
 
Crazy that him and Umar Akmal started out in international cricket at the same time, both were t20 sensations for the most part, but one regressed and eventually lost his test cap to never gain it back again and the other became more than just a t20 hack and earned his test cap for keeps… Just hard work and discipline… no secret there.

Ofc as a Pak fan I hope he doesn’t score a single run this series, or scores but Pakistan win :amla … it is a bit emotional to see him go since he was one of the faces of 2010s era test cricket.
 
Ricky Ponting on who will replace David Warner

"If you look at those three guys, I think it's quite clear that Bancroft is the one that's got the runs on the board and I wouldn't be surprised if they (selectors) go that way,"

"If you wind the clock back about six months it might have been a slightly different order than what it is now.

"I think they probably had Harris as the one that would come back in a while ago.

"To me now it sort of feels (there is) a bit more of a groundswell behind Cameron Bancroft getting first crack."

"I think Cameron Green might just have to sit back and bide his time and wait for the opportunity to come back," Ponting said.

"He can get a truckload of runs in Shield cricket and sort of force his way back into the side.

"Labuschagne has been outstanding at No.3 for Australia, it's very much a specialist position."
 
David Warner is planning to thrash Pakistan in his last test series and sign off on a good note./ Warner has always been brilliant against Pakistan and that is why I guess he chose this series to be his last.
 
David Warner will feast on this bowling line-up as Shan Masood looks a bit timid for this tour. Hoping for the best for the team.

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Shan Masood speaking to the press ahead of the 4-day game against PM IX:

“It's going to be an emotional series for David Warner. He has been a great service to world cricket, not just Australian cricket, and we wish him all the best in whatever he chooses to do. He is a great ambassador for the game. For us, he is one of their main players, and we would like to get him out as early as possible. We wish him all the best, and hopefully, we can provide him with a challenging series.”​
 
Considering his current level of fitness he can easily play for another year.

There is no one in test cricket who will play the game like him after his retirement.
 
Warner showing good aggression as usual. According to comms, the way he positions himself on the crease probably upsetting the bowlers length.

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Pretty Apparent why he chose this series against Pakistan as his last.
 
No better way to sign off your career than smashing the opponent and dominate them totally.
 
He could finish in the top 5 test run getters for Australia. Some reccord

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Pakistan toothless bowling in these conditions was always going to be easy for Warner to feast on
 
One of the best test batter for Australia. My end his career at number 4 spot by the end of this series.

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He put a hand to his lips and then took it up and away with a flourish.

It was maybe meant to be a pointed shushing gesture to his critics, but due to the bulky gloves and some less then perfect mime-work, it looked a bit more like he was taking a drag.

"There's gonna be criticism but you've gotta take that but there's no better way to silence them than putting runs on the board," he told broadcasters at tea.

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Mitch Johnson was right about him doesn’t matter how much he scores against this grade C team guy couldn’t buy a run in the ashes !!
 
Ian Healy speaking in an interview made following remarks regarding David Warner

“That 160 he made in the first innings won us a Test in Perth,”

“It wasn’t easy. I looked at it from afar on Thursday afternoon and I said, ‘Oh, jeez, I wouldn’t like to be Pakistan’, they are going to feel about a foot shorter than they actually are tomorrow afternoon not knowing how difficult the conditions were. "

“Maybe Pakistan missed the trick in the first session (on Day 1), bowling too short, but I don’t know of anyone else that can make 160 that quick in tough conditions."

"I like the way Michael Slater made tough second innings batting conditions look. Mark Waugh could also make a mockery out of tough conditions, but David Warner was outstanding."

"We all know how fit he must be because he’s maintained his pace between wickets. I just love the way that he kept going and his feet moved."

“This is the bit I agree about Mitchell Johnson and what he said about, ‘Why have a swansong, your last three years hasn’t been very good and now you’re picking the way you can retire."

“But if he bats like that, he can go another year for mine until he doesn’t want to play anymore.That’s what he’s been missing in Test cricket, that footwork, balance and real bat speed when he needed it.”

Source : The Indian Express
 
David Warner blocked by former IPL team in twist after Aussie bidding frenzy

Australian fast bowlers Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins became the most expensive players in Indian Premier League history Tuesday, with franchises dishing out millions of dollars for their services at the glitzy Twenty20 tournament.

Starc, who last played in the IPL eight years ago, made a smashing comeback when he was snapped up by Kolkata Knight Riders for 247.5 million rupees ($4.42 million AUD), setting an all-time IPL auction record.

"We won, Mr Starc!” the franchise posted on X, formerly Twitter. Starc, 33, broke the record set by Cummins earlier in the day when Sunrisers Hyderabad paid 205 million rupees ($3.66 million AUD) for the World Cup-winning skipper.

Before Tuesday, England all-rounder Sam Curran was the most expensive player after being bought for $2.23 million last year by Punjab Kings.

“Pumped to be joining SRH for the upcoming IPL season,” Cummins, who skipped this year’s IPL because of a packed calendar, said in a video posted by the franchise on social media.

“I have played in Hyderabad a few times and always loved it so can’t wait to get started.” Hyderabad beat Royal Challengers Bangalore in a fervent bidding session for Cummins, to claps and cheers from other franchises participating in the auction, held this year in Dubai.

Both Australians were key members of the team that led Australia to ODI World Cup victory in November, beating hosts India in the final at Ahmedabad.

Source : Fox Cricket
 
Dropped on 2, and now he's looking set for another big score. It looks like he is going to have a fairytale ending with Pakistan's generosity.
 
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