NEW DELHI: David Warner has been on the centre of criticism for his extended lean patch for fairly a while now with the clamours of him hanging the boots has been rising.
The left-handed batter has already been dominated out of the continuing Border-Gavaskar Trophy after struggling a fractured elbow and a concussion within the second Test.
Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting opines that Warner had the good alternative to retire on a excessive in entrance of his residence crowd after hitting a double-century in his one hundredth Test.
Apart from his defiant 200 towards South Africa in December, the 36-year-old’s Test kind has been poor, resulting in hypothesis he would possibly retire.
“… I thought the absolute best time for Davey to retire, if he was thinking about it at all, was after the Sydney Test match here in Australia,” Ponting informed the ICC Review programme in an interview revealed on Sunday.
“He’d just played his 100th Test in Melbourne, and obviously got 200 in the first innings down there. And to bow out in front of his home crowd is obviously the way that every player would like to finish their careers.
“Who is aware of now that chance may not come round once more for Davey. That’s almost one other 12 months away.”
Australia’s victory over India in the third Test confirmed their place in the World Test Championship final, with Ponting saying Warner will likely have a place in the team for the final in June as well as the Ashes series in England.
“(Australia) have gotten some actually large choices to make, main into the Ashes as effectively,” added Ponting, who retired from international cricket in 2012.
“I do not assume it is the top of David Warner, I believe they’re going to deliver him again for that one recreation. If he does effectively there, then I believe he’ll most likely begin the Ashes and see from there.”
(With Reuters Inputs)
The left-handed batter has already been dominated out of the continuing Border-Gavaskar Trophy after struggling a fractured elbow and a concussion within the second Test.
Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting opines that Warner had the good alternative to retire on a excessive in entrance of his residence crowd after hitting a double-century in his one hundredth Test.
Apart from his defiant 200 towards South Africa in December, the 36-year-old’s Test kind has been poor, resulting in hypothesis he would possibly retire.
“… I thought the absolute best time for Davey to retire, if he was thinking about it at all, was after the Sydney Test match here in Australia,” Ponting informed the ICC Review programme in an interview revealed on Sunday.
“He’d just played his 100th Test in Melbourne, and obviously got 200 in the first innings down there. And to bow out in front of his home crowd is obviously the way that every player would like to finish their careers.
“Who is aware of now that chance may not come round once more for Davey. That’s almost one other 12 months away.”
Australia’s victory over India in the third Test confirmed their place in the World Test Championship final, with Ponting saying Warner will likely have a place in the team for the final in June as well as the Ashes series in England.
“(Australia) have gotten some actually large choices to make, main into the Ashes as effectively,” added Ponting, who retired from international cricket in 2012.
“I do not assume it is the top of David Warner, I believe they’re going to deliver him again for that one recreation. If he does effectively there, then I believe he’ll most likely begin the Ashes and see from there.”
(With Reuters Inputs)
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com