Veteran Australian opener David Warner, who has already hung his boots from Tests and ODIs, confirmed that the T20 World Cup 2024 within the Caribbean and the USA might be his last project in international cricket. Warner confirmed to Adam Gilchrist throughout the post-match presentation after he was adjudged the participant of the sequence for scoring 173 runs at a strike price of 166.34 in three matches towards the West Indies that the third T20I in Perth on Tuesday, February 13 was his last look for Australia at residence.
When requested by Gilchrist if he had any plans of continuous to play for Australia within the shortest format after the T20 World Cup. “I’m well and truly done, it’s time for the youngsters to come through and showcase their talent. We’ve got extreme talent here.” The former Australian wicketkeeper batter quizzed Warner once more confirming the identical to which Warner responded positively, which implies that his 81 (49) within the third T20I towards West Indies was his last knock for Australia on residence soil.
Warner admitted that now that he’s not a part of the Test matches anymore, he has gotten a variety of time earlier than the IPL after which the T20 World Cup and that he might spend a while along with his daughters and look into their education and stuff like that. “It was good to have a break and play the franchise stuff. I’ve got a lot of time off after the New Zealand series, go to the IPL before we embark on a World Cup in the Caribbean,” Warner mentioned.
Australia misplaced the sequence finale after West Indies posted an enormous rating of 220/6 following a 139-run stand between Andre Russell and Sherfane Rutherford however clinched the three-match sequence 2-1. Warner along with his attacking knock, which noticed him breach the landmark of 12,000 runs in T20 cricket and three,000 runs in T20Is, did preserve Australia heading in the right direction however 221 finally proved to be a bridge too far because the hosts fell quick by 37 runs.
Warner will subsequent be seen within the three-match T20 sequence towards New Zealand away.
