‘Test is pinnacle of our sport’ – David Warner bats for red-ball cricket during his farewell remarks at SCG

An enormous crowd at Sydney Cricket Ground bid farewell to legendary Australian batter David Warner on Saturday, January 6. Warner scored a superb fifty as Australia beat Pakistan within the final Test match of the collection to register a 3-0 clear sweep. 

Fans crowded SCG stands on Day 4 as Australia chased down a 130-run goal with Warner and Marnus Laguschagne hitting fast fifties. Fans and gamers applauded Warner for his contribution to crimson-ball cricket after Australia’s thumping win.

Warner, with his household by his aspect, thanked everybody current for giving him a memorable farewell at his house floor. 

“Massive part of your life and without their support you can’t do what you do,” Warner stated. “I owe credit to my parents for giving me a beautiful and great upbringing. My brother Steve, and I followed in his footsteps. And then Candice came along and sort of got me in line. We’ve had a beautiful family and I cherish every moment I get with them. I love them to death and I’m not going to keep carrying on because I’ll get too emotional. But thank you, Candace, for what you’ve done. You mean the world to me, and I appreciate it. I think it’d be quite emotional to watch the guys go out there and not play and knowing that I was able to come out here and do what I could do.”

The 37-12 months-outdated batter additionally talked about his teammates and his sturdy relationship with them. He performed out the significance of crimson-ball cricket and termed it as a pinnacle of the game. Cricket Australia lately declared their intentions to prioritise Test cricket sooner or later and Warner additionally requested younger rising cricketers to work laborious to play Test. 

But as I simply talked about you bought an awesome bunch of cricketers right here. We are all virtually over 30 years of age. So as time goes by, we’re not getting youthful, however this crew, they’re energetic, they’re world-class they usually’re an awesome bunch of guys. [Would like to be remembered as] thrilling, and entertaining, and I hope I put a smile on everybody’s face with the way in which that I performed and hopefully, the younger children on the market can observe in my footsteps. White ball cricket to Test cricket. It’s the pinnacle of our sport. So hold working laborious to play the crimson ball sport as a result of it is entertaining as effectively,” Warner added.

Warner scored 57 runs off 75 balls in his final Test innings earlier than getting dismissed on an LBW by Sajid Khan. After shedding Usman Khawaja within the first over, Warner and Labuschagne added 119 runs for the second wicket to assist Australia clinch a dominating eight-wicket win to conclude the collection.