The curtains will come down on what has been an illustrious career for David Warner in the longest format of the game. The opening batter has decided to call time on his red-ball game as he is set to retire from the format after the final Test against Pakistan at his home ground in Sydney.
Warner did not get going in the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne, but very few would want to bet against Warner getting another big one in the last match of his career. Meanwhile, SCG curator Adam Lewis has said that the entire Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) staff wants to give Warner a fairytale ending.
“We really have a lot of time for David Warner. He really looks after the curators around Australia. And he’s gone into bat for us a lot of the time,” Adam Lewis told Sydney Morning Herald.
“He knows what we go through, and he knows how tough it is. We’ve got a lot of respect for him. I know my whole team here would love nothing more than to see him get a hundred in his last Test. That would be great,” he added.
Warner’s farewell Test will be played on a relaid pitch in Sydney and it promises to be a sporting track. “We look forward to celebrating David Warner’s final Test match and his incredible career at his home ground,” chief selector George Bailey said.
