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David Warner, the Australian opening batter, 37, has sent out a significant update about his cricketing career through a post on his official Instagram account. He shared the picture of a lion with a motivational quote, which read, “I am not done yet,” signifying that he will keep playing international cricket for the time being after securing the ODI World Cup 2023 title for Australia a few days ago.
During Australia’s tour of England this past summer for the World Test Championship (WTC) final and the Ashes, David Warner spoke about how he plans to retire from the Test format with the New Year’s Test in 2024 at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), Sydney, against Pakistan. as per The Guardian, He said, “I can definitely say I won’t be playing that West Indies series. If I can get through this and make the Pakistan series. I will definitely finish up then.”
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“You’ve got to score runs. I’ve always said the (T20) World Cup would probably be my final game. I probably owe it to myself and my family if I can score runs here (in England to) continue to play back in Australia,” the former Australia captain detailed his future plans before taking part in the WTC final against India at The Oval in London in June earlier this year.
Notably, David Warner scored 535 runs in 11 innings at an average of 48.63 and a strike-rate of 108.29 with two hundreds and two fifties, to play a critical role in helping Australia win the ODI World Cup for the sixth time on Sunday, November 19. At the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, the Australians defeated the hosts India in the final of the CWC 2023 by six wickets.
