Australian cricketer David Warner is ready to make his international comeback soon. The Australian limited-overs captain Aaron Finch believes that the Australian opener is returning to the international cricket to dominate the world cricket once again.
The left-handed opening batsman David Warner is currently in a great form. In the ongoing IPL 2019, the 32-year-old dominated as an opening batsman. Playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), Warner is holding the Orange Cap of IPL 2019 after scoring 692 runs in 12 innings with an average of 69.20 and strike-rate of 143.86. The left-handed opening batsman scored one century and eight half-centuries in this IPL season. Out of those 50+ scores, he also scored five consecutive half-centuries.
After completion of the 12-month suspension, Warner is ready along with Steven Smith to return to the national squad. Both of them will feature in the upcoming 2019 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup in England and Wales.
Aaron Finch believes that Warner will maintain his present form in international cricket.
Finch recently told Melbourne commercial radio, “He’s coming back with a huge hunger, not just to perform well for his franchise, but to dominate international cricket again.
“When you have your dream taken away from you for 12 months, I can imagine there’s something inside you that burns really strongly.”
David Warner is a super player; we know how destructive he can be – Aaron Finch
After making his international debut in January 2009, David Warner has gradually evolved himself as a dominant batsman. He has played 74 Tests, 106 ODIs and 70 T20Is where he has scored 6,363 runs (average 48.20), 4,343 runs (average 43.43) and 1,792 runs (average 26.74) respectively. As an Australian opening batsman, Warner is the second most run-scorer in international cricket (12,270 runs).
Due to their involvement in Sandpaper-gate scandal, Steven Smith and David Warner faced 12-months banned in March 2018. Finch believes that this one-year gap will make Warner fresh for international cricket.
Finch added, “He’s a super player, we know how destructive he can be. I think having time off to spend with his family and get away from the game (was important).”
I’ll be using Smith and Warner as much as I can tactically – Aaron Finch
Warner and Smith are set to join the pre-World Cup training camp in Brisbane soon. Before their suspension, Smith was the national captain and Warner was the vice-captain.
Finch has revealed that he will utilise their top experiences for the on-field tactics.
The Australian limited-overs captain said, “I’ll be using them as much as I can tactically because they’ve both captained a lot of cricket and are very good captains on the field.
“It would be really naive of me not to lean on them.”
The Australia national cricket team is currently busy with the World Cup preparation. England and Wales are ready to organise the upcoming Cricket World Cup from 30th May to 14th July. The record five-time World Cup winners Australia will participate in this ten-team tournament as the defending champions. They will begin their new Cricket World Cup journey on 1st June when they will face Afghanistan at Bristol.
After completion of the Cricket World Cup, Australia will be busy in the 2019 Ashes series in England. This five-match Test series will run from 1st August to 16th September.