The veteran opener,who also announced his retirement from ODIs on Monday,will play his final Test at his home ground alongside a teammate who has been with him since the beginning.
An entertainer right to the end,the retiring opener’s Test career has delivered some of the most exhilarating,emotional and memorable moments in Australian cricket.
David Warner will receive a newly laid SCG pitch and a rousing cheer from the curators for his retirement Test at the SCG this week.
There’s a strong push for Cameron Green to open the batting for Australia once David Warner retires after the Sydney Test against Pakistan.
I know how hard it is to do what he has done through 111 Tests,so I hope that David’s harshest critics acknowledge his talent and contribution and forgive his human frailties.
The opener will be the first of an almost magnificent seven Australian cricketers,who came together in 2011,to retire from the Test arena.
Pakistan deal themselves into the Boxing Day Test,and out of it,and just possibly back in again,all in a typical Pakistan day.
Playing his second-last Test,David Warner says Marcus Harris should be next in line to replace him,after making 38 of Australia’s 3-187 in the second Test against Pakistan.
Callow Pakistan went admirably hard at Australia on a disrupted Boxing Day. This touring team will endear themselves to Australian crowds. Perhaps they have already.
Pat Cummins’ world champion side heads into the Boxing Day Test with bench depth rarely seen for an Australia team since the late great Shane Warne hung up his floppy hat 17 years ago.
A little over a decade ago,former Australian Test cricketer Simon Katich was somewhere near where Mitchell Johnson is now.