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Australia opener David Warner broke the news that he would be retiring just four days before the commencement of the eagerly anticipated World Test Championship Final between Australia and India at The Oval. He gave a hint that 2023 might be his final year playing for his country.
Warner revealed that he wants to end his Test career following Australia’s Test match against Pakistan in January at his home ground in Sydney. He did, however, make it clear that he plans to continue playing white-ball cricket for Australia until the T20 World Cup in 2024, which will be contested in the USA and the West Indies.
Since 2009, Warner has provided outstanding service to Australian cricket in all formats. Warner has scored 8,132 runs at an average of 46.20 in 101 Test matches so far. In the format, he has 25 centuries, 34 fifties, and a top individual score of 335 not out.
Warner has also played for Australia in 141 One-Day Internationals, where he has scored 6,007 runs at an average of 45.16. In the format, he has 19 centuries, 27 fifties, and a best individual score of 179.
Warner also had a successful T20I batting career. He has 2,894 runs at an average of 32.88 in 99 games. In this format, he has one century and 24 half-centuries, with the top score being 100.
He was also a member of the Australian squad that won the ICC Cricket World Cup in 2015 and the ICC T20 World Cup in 2021.
Source – The Economic Times
