David Warner has introduced his retirement from one-day worldwide cricket within the lead-up to his last Check match.
Key factors:
- David Warner has introduced his speedy retirement from one-day worldwide cricket
- Warner debuted within the format for Australia in 2009 and is among the nation’s most prolific batters
- The 37-year previous didn’t rule out a possible comeback on the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy if referred to as upon
The veteran opener stated the time was proper to conclude his ODI profession following Australia’s 2023 World Cup triumph in India, the place he was the facet’s main run-scorer.
Warner had been considering retiring since earlier than the match and went public together with his choice at a press convention on Monday forward of his Check swansong on the SCG this week.
“It was a choice that I used to be very, very snug with,” the 37-year-old stated.
“To win in India, from the place we have been, was completely superb.
“After we misplaced two video games in a row in India, the bond simply bought stronger with one another and it isn’t by fluke or by likelihood that we have been in a position to get to the place we have been.
“So I will make that call at the moment, to retire from these kinds (ODIs).”
Warner retires because the sixth-highest run-scorer in Australian ODI historical past, having amassed 6932 runs from his 161 matches.
His 22 centuries are the second-most by any Australian ODI participant, behind solely Ricky Ponting, who made 29 in 105 extra innings than Warner performed.
If referred to as upon, Warner could be open to creating a comeback on the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy in Pakistan.
The Champions Trophy is among the many solely items of silverware lacking from Warner’s resume; the final time Australia received it in 2009, he was not but a lock for choice within the XI.
“If I am enjoying respectable cricket in two years’ time and I am round and so they want somebody, I’ll be out there,” he stated.
Warner flagged the choice to give up ODIs would create extra alternatives to play franchise cricket abroad.
He’s additionally eager to proceed enjoying within the BBL, at present holding a contract with the Sydney Thunder via to the tip of this season.
He has been a fixture of the IPL since 2009 however amid a busy worldwide schedule, he has by no means featured within the Pakistan Tremendous League or England’s The Hundred.
Warner has performed one season every within the Caribbean Premier League and Bangladesh Premier League previous to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“(ODI retirement) does permit me to go and play another leagues world wide,” he stated.
Warner’s last Check match begins on Wednesday at his dwelling floor, the place Australia have the possibility to finish a 3-0 sequence whitewash in opposition to Pakistan.
AAP
