David Warner Wants To Beat India In India And Win Ashes In England
Dec 29, 2021 at 12:15 PM
David Warner, Australia’s opening batter on Wednesday said after Australia retained the Ashes, that it would be nice if his side manages to beat India in India as they are yet to achieve this particular feat recently.
The veteran opener also hinted towards having another crack in trying to win the Ashes in England. In 2019, the left-handed batter was out of form in England as he was continuously dismissed by Stuart Broad. In the 2019 Ashes series, David Warner scored only 95 runs in 10 innings as fast bowler Stuart Broad got him out for fun.
David Warner: It Would Be Nice To Beat India In India
David Warner, who turned 35 in October this year during the T20 World Cup, where he won the player-of-the-tournament award in Australia’s title triumph, admitted that he is not done yet.
“We still haven’t beaten India in India. That would be nice to do. And obviously, England away, we had a drawn series in 2019, but hopefully, if I managed to get that chance and opportunity, I might think about going back,” Warner was quoted as saying.
David Warner also said that he sees age as no barrier, and he lauded England pacer James Anderson for setting really high benchmark in Test cricket.
“I think James Anderson sets the benchmark for older guys these days. We look up to him as we’re getting on in our days. But for me, it’s about performing to the best of my ability and putting runs on the board. In the first two Tests, I actually look like a proper batsman, it’s almost like I’ve played my career the other way and had to knuckle down and respect the bowling and the line and lengths that they were bowling and obviously, the hundred eluded me,” said Warner.
David Warner has played 13 and eight Tests across three series in England and two in India, respectively. But he has a poor record in both the countries, averaging 26 and 24 respectively without a century. He would turn 37 by the next Ashes trip to England, but for the left-handed opener, age is just a number.
David Warner Feels In Good Touch
David Warner has hinted that he might want another crack at winning an Ashes series in England in 2023.
“I feel in good touch. As I said, I was out of runs not out of form, so hopefully, I can put some more numbers on the board leading into this new year,” he added.
Pacer Scott Boland took six wickets in the second innings as Australia defeated England by an innings and 14 runs in the third Ashes Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Tuesday. With this win, Australia regained the Ashes 2021/22 as the hosts have gained an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series.
After 89 Tests and a decade at the highest level, David Warner has little left to prove but the swashbuckling lefthander still has a couple of items on his bucket list.
David Warner is the top run-scorer in the IPL history so far among the foreign players. The left-hander has notched 5449 runs from 150 matches at an average of 41.59 and a strike rate of 139.96.
Since being dropped by his Indian Premier League side Sunrisers Hyderabad in September, the 35-year-old rebounded to take the Player of the Tournament award during Australia’s T20 World Cup triumph. David Warner scored 289 runs in seven matches for Australia in T20I World Cup. IPL 2021 has been the Australian’s worst season ever with just 195 runs in 8 games, with two fifties, averaging 24.38, and striking at 107.73.
He now sits third on the runs list in the ongoing Ashes series, with 240 at an average of 60. The New South Wales-born David Warner also averages a mere 24.80 on the slow and low pitches in India. Moreover, Australia has lost four series on the trot in India.