David Warner reunited with his baggy green!

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David Warner makes public plea for return of missing baggy green cap ahead of final Test for Australia

David Warner has called for the return of his baggy green cap after it went missing ahead of his final Test appearance for Australia.

Key points:

Warner claims his baggy green was taken from his luggage
He has asked for the return of his cap ahead of his final Test
Warner will farewell Test cricket at the SCG against Pakistan
Warner, who will retire from Test cricket after Australia's SCG clash with Pakistan starting on Wednesday, said the cap appeared to have gone missing while his bags were in transit between Melbourne and Sydney.

"This is my last resort to do this," Warner said on Instagram.

"A couple of days ago, our bags got freighted via Qantas. We've gone through CCTV footage, they've got some blind spots apparently.

"We spoke to the Quay West Hotel, who we absolutely trust and have gone through their cameras. No-one's come into our rooms.

"But unfortunately, someone has taken my backpack out of my actual luggage, which had my backpack and my girls' presents in there, inside this backpack was my baggy green.

"It's sentimental to me, it's something I would love to have back in my hands walking out there come this week.

"If it is the backpack you really wanted, I have a spare one here, you won't get into trouble.

"Please reach out to Cricket Australia or myself via my social media and I'm happy to give this to you if you return my baggy greens."

Prior to Warner's public plea, Australia captain Pat Cummins said he hoped his long-time teammate would enjoy a fitting farewell in his final Test.

"Personally, I think of him when he first came into the team," Cummins said.

"He changed Test cricket. He was striking it at [an average of] 70, which was unheard of for an opening batter.

"So personally, I hope he gets the send-off he deserves this week."

'It's sentimental to me': David Warner makes public plea for return of missing baggy green cap ahead of final Test

David Warner has called for the return of his baggy green cap after it went missing ahead of his final Test appearance for Australia.

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Pakistan captain Shan Masood spoke to reporters on Tuesday and called for a ‘country-wide search’ for the missing caps.

“There should be a country-wide search right now from the Australian Government. We might need the best of detectives to get that back,” he said.

“He’s been a great ambassador, and he deserves every bit of respect, every bit of celebration for his unbelievable career.”

He added: “I hope they find it. It’s the most precious thing for any cricketer, and I hope David Warner gets it back.”

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[Sher Khan]

A bit odd why someone would want to steal that. It's not like they will make any money from selling it.

 

[MenInG]

A bit odd why someone would want to steal that. It's not like they will make any money from selling it.

Guess worth money but now will be under stress due to the attention being given!

 

[Asad T]

Do they only have one baggy green? I would have thought, they would have had more than one. So they use the same hat over 5 days?

 

[sweep_shot]

A bit odd why someone would want to steal that. It's not like they will make any money from selling it.

It can be sold for a good price probably.

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Do they only have one baggy green? I would have thought, they would have had more than one. So they use the same hat over 5 days?

I think the sentimental ones keep the hat for their whole career not just for one match!

 

[Cricket Warrior]

why dont players gives that much importance to their ODI or T20I caps?

what is so special specifically in Test Cap?

 

[Muhammad Saad]

Shan needs to hire those same detectives to find players in Pakistan who can play in Australian conditions , Aus government can help him too.

 

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Pakistan captain Shan Masood spoke to reporters on Tuesday and called for a ‘country-wide search’ for the missing caps.

“There should be a country-wide search right now from the Australian Government. We might need the best of detectives to get that back,” he said.

“He’s been a great ambassador, and he deserves every bit of respect, every bit of celebration for his unbelievable career.”

He added: “I hope they find it. It’s the most precious thing for any cricketer, and I hope David Warner gets it back.”

Fox Cricket

this isnt Pakistan lmao.

No country wide search is going to take place just cause someone stole a bagpack which has a baggy green cap.

Govts in west have more serious priorities

 

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why dont players gives that much importance to their ODI or T20I caps?

what is so special specifically in Test Cap?

When an Australian makes his test debut, he is handed a Test cap, that test cap is called a baggy green as it is following the same style of cap that was made for every other Australian player for the last 70 years. So its a piecce of equipment that holds value, and getting to that level to get that cap means alot to Australian cricketers.

ODI and T20 caps dont follow the same tradition and they keep on changing over the years.

@Asad T
I think they can get caps for every series, but its the debut cap that holds alot of sentiment for these guys.

 

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WARNER STILL HOPING FOR BAGGY GREEN RETURN

David Warner will, however, be without his treasured Baggy Green which went missing in transit from Melbourne.

The retiring opener issued a desperate public plea for its return on the eve of the Test, saying: “That’s sentimental to me, it’s something I would love to have back in my hands.”

Kerry O’Keeffe said on Fox Cricket that the drama will serve as an unwanted distraction.

“Look, this is a distraction. Because your Baggy Green, it’s membership to an exclusive club,” O’Keeffe said.

“He’s had the capacity throughout his career to dismiss the outside noise but this is a distraction.

“He values that cap above any other and to be missing that cap on the eve of the Test match will hurt him.”

Nonetheless, O’Keeffe backed Warner to “rise above it” and perform in Sydney.

Speaking to SEN on Wednesday morning, Warner’s father Howard said: “I haven’t heard anything this morning. His video went viral I know that much – everyone in Australia knows about the baggy green.

“Whatever scumbag has taken it is going to have to lay it off very shortly. They’ll find it dumped somewhere.”

Fox Cricket

 

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David Warner’s father has slammed the “scumbag” who took his son’s baggy green caps before his farewell Test, as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese pleaded for their swift return.

The retiring opener revealed on Tuesday that two baggy greens did not complete the trip from Melbourne to Sydney following Australia’s victory over Pakistan at the MCG in the Boxing Day Test. Warner said a backpack containing the caps went missing from his luggage in transit.

Mitchell Marsh had Shan Masood caught in the slips until it was ruled out for a no-ball.

It meant Warner had to wear a replacement baggy green during the national anthems and in the field throughout the first day of play in the third Test at the SCG on Wednesday.

Before play, Warner said the quest to retrieve his prized baggy greens was proving unsuccessful.

“I haven’t found my caps,” Warner told Adam Gilchrist on Fox Cricket’s coverage. “If you have got my backpack, I will give you my backpack. All I want is those baggy greens back please.”

Warner’s father, Howard, expressed dismay that someone might have deliberately taken the caps and called for them to be returned immediately.

David Warner with a baggy green before his 2011 Test debut.
David Warner with a baggy green before his 2011 Test debut.CREDIT:GETTY

“Whatever scumbag has taken it is going to have to lay it off very shortly,” Warner snr told SEN Radio. “They’ll find it dumped somewhere. I know he’s emotional. He would love to walk out with that baggy green on but if he can’t, he can’t. What can you do.

“Everyone in Australia knows about the baggy green.”

Pakistan captain Shan Masood joked on Tuesday that a nationwide search and government intervention was needed to find the baggy greens.

At his first press conference of 2024, Albanese addressed the Warner issue.

“Whoever knows anything about the missing caps, David Warner has represented Australia on more than 100 occasions [and] the baggy green caps belong to him,” Albanese said.

“He has earned them and they should be returned.”

“I probably should tell him it’s been in my backpack for the last couple of days,” Marsh said. “A weird situation and it could probably only happen to Davey.”

Cricket Australia and Warner are working with Qantas to ascertain why the caps did not turn up with the rest of his luggage.

“This is my last resort to do this,” Warner said in a video on Instagram on Tuesday. “A couple of days ago, our bags got freighted via Qantas. We’ve gone through CCTV footage, they’ve got some blind spots apparently, we spoke to the Quay West Hotel who we absolutely trust and have gone through their cameras, no one’s come into our rooms.

Source : The Sydney Morning Herald

 

[Cricket Warrior]

Finally Warner got his baggy green back, must be a happy chappy on his retirement day

 

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A prank gone wrong? Mystery surrounds reappearance of Warner’s baggy greens

The case of David Warner’s missing baggy green caps may have been the result of a teammate prank that got out of hand.

After a two-day search – which involved Qantas, a freight company, hotel staff, team management and calls from Prime Minister Anthony Albanese for the swift return of the baggy greens – a sour note to the decorated opener’s Test farewell at the SCG has been avoided.

Warner announced on Friday morning to more than 10 million Instagram followers that he’d been reunited with both of his missing baggy green caps after they were discovered at the Australian team hotel in Sydney by a staff member.

The caps were not returned by a member of the public.

Fears that the baggy greens had been misplaced or stolen in transit from Melbourne, where Australia won the second Test of the series against Pakistan, to Sydney turned out to be wrong.

Cricket Australia’s statement on Friday morning was light on detail but confirmed the news they had been found.

“David Warner’s missing baggy greens have been located,” CA said. “The bag in which they were packed was found at the team hotel [in Sydney], with all the contents inside.

“The movements of the missing bag are unknown despite extensive searches and the review of CCTV footage at multiple locations and the efforts of numerous parties since Tuesday.”

On Tuesday, Warner said it was his “last resort” to go public with a plea to find the two baggy greens, one of which was presented to him on his Test debut in 2011.

“Someone has taken my backpack out of my actual luggage,” he said at the time.

By Friday, the backpack had re-emerged – and had not gone far at all.

The saga is shrouded in mystery but there was relief from Warner that he could walk out onto the SCG for the last time as a Test player wearing the famous green cap.

“Hi everyone, I am pleased and relieved that I have got my baggy back in my hands,” Warner said in a video posted on Friday morning.

“Any cricketer knows how special their cap is and I will cherish this for the rest of my life.

“Very grateful to all those involved in locating it – the Qantas team, the freight company, the hotel and our own team management. It’s a load off my shoulders going into the last couple of days [in the third Test], really appreciate it, so thank you all.”

Mitch Marsh joked on Tuesday that he had Warner’s baggy green in his own bag.

However, the ordeal wasn’t a laughing matter for the veteran opener, who barely smiled in his second video.

Warner is a known prankster within the Australian side and there has been speculation this was a prank gone wrong.

Once Warner went public, it went beyond a joke.

“It’s a good thing Dave Warner has his baggy green back,” Albanese said on Friday.

“We know that this is something that can’t be bought in a shop – it’s got to be earned. David Warner has earned it.

“It looks as though the way the Test is going, certainly we’ll get to see him bat a second time and I wish him well and hopefully he gets to wear the baggy green if they bring on some spinners at the end.”

Sydney Morning Herald

 

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This calls for cake cutting.

 

[FearlessRoar]

I am happy that we got his green baggy cap back before this 3rd Test ends, which is his last. He deserves to sign off while wearing his green baggy cap.

 

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Ask security’: Warner and Cummins coy on baggy green mystery

The mystery of David Warner’s missing baggy green caps is likely to last for some time after the retired Test opener said he still didn’t know what happened to them in the lead-up to the Sydney Test.

Warner revealed on Instagram on Tuesday that he had lost two baggy greens and an extensive search was under way to find them before his Test farewell at the SCG.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Cricket Australia chief executive Nick Hockley also became involved, calling on members of the public to come forward if they knew the location of the caps.

Warner’s father Howard said on radio during day one at the SCG on Wednesday that if someone had stolen the caps they were a “scumbag”.

However, CA revealed on Friday that a backpack with both baggy greens had been found at the team hotel, and Warner would be able to wear the one he received on debut in 2011. It has since been widely speculated that it was a case of a prank gone wrong.

Qantas, a freight company and hotel staff were all asked to help but the caps turned up right where they were supposed to be, at the side’s Sydney hotel.

Skipper Pat Cummins was asked on Saturday about the bizarre situation. He played a straight bat, but inferred there may be an intriguing tale behind it.

“It’s probably not my story to tell,” Cummins said. “Maybe talk to Davey.”

Warner also spoke at a post-match media conference but appeared genuinely unsure about what had happened.

“You’re going to have to ask security. I wish I’d played a prank like that,” Warner said. “You’ll have to ask Frank [Dimasi] or Stu Bailey [security staff]. I literally got it handed to me and there was nothing [said to me]. That’s legitimate.”

Mitch Marsh made a light-hearted remark earlier in the week about taking the caps himself. It’s the sort of incident that may one day be explained in someone’s book.

“Any cricketer knows how special their cap is and I will cherish this for the rest of my life,” Warner said on Wednesday after being reunited with his baggy greens.

Warner’s caps won’t have to leave the house now after more than 20,000 fans gave the veteran opener a warm send-off in a resounding eight-wicket Australian win against Pakistan on Saturday.

However, they won’t have to wait long to see Warner at the SCG again. The left-hander is set to play for the Sydney Thunder against the Sydney Sixers on Friday evening.

Warner intends to charter a helicopter from his brother’s wedding in the Hunter Valley on Friday afternoon to the SCG.
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SOURCE: SMH

 

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Ask security’: Warner and Cummins coy on baggy green mystery

The mystery of David Warner’s missing baggy green caps is likely to last for some time after the retired Test opener said he still didn’t know what happened to them in the lead-up to the Sydney Test.

Warner revealed on Instagram on Tuesday that he had lost two baggy greens and an extensive search was under way to find them before his Test farewell at the SCG.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Cricket Australia chief executive Nick Hockley also became involved, calling on members of the public to come forward if they knew the location of the caps.

Warner’s father Howard said on radio during day one at the SCG on Wednesday that if someone had stolen the caps they were a “scumbag”.

However, CA revealed on Friday that a backpack with both baggy greens had been found at the team hotel, and Warner would be able to wear the one he received on debut in 2011. It has since been widely speculated that it was a case of a prank gone wrong.

Qantas, a freight company and hotel staff were all asked to help but the caps turned up right where they were supposed to be, at the side’s Sydney hotel.

Skipper Pat Cummins was asked on Saturday about the bizarre situation. He played a straight bat, but inferred there may be an intriguing tale behind it.

“It’s probably not my story to tell,” Cummins said. “Maybe talk to Davey.”

Warner also spoke at a post-match media conference but appeared genuinely unsure about what had happened.

“You’re going to have to ask security. I wish I’d played a prank like that,” Warner said. “You’ll have to ask Frank [Dimasi] or Stu Bailey [security staff]. I literally got it handed to me and there was nothing [said to me]. That’s legitimate.”

Mitch Marsh made a light-hearted remark earlier in the week about taking the caps himself. It’s the sort of incident that may one day be explained in someone’s book.

“Any cricketer knows how special their cap is and I will cherish this for the rest of my life,” Warner said on Wednesday after being reunited with his baggy greens.

Warner’s caps won’t have to leave the house now after more than 20,000 fans gave the veteran opener a warm send-off in a resounding eight-wicket Australian win against Pakistan on Saturday.

However, they won’t have to wait long to see Warner at the SCG again. The left-hander is set to play for the Sydney Thunder against the Sydney Sixers on Friday evening.

Warner intends to charter a helicopter from his brother’s wedding in the Hunter Valley on Friday afternoon to the SCG.
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SOURCE: SMH

needs to be careful. Helicopters aint that safe. He should just skip the game

 

[FearlessRoar]

David Warner wore his Baggy Green Cap during the post-match press conference. I'm glad he found his green baggy cap and got the chance to wear it in his 3rd Test against Pakistan, which happened to be his last Test match.