Australian head coach Justin Langer has cleared the air with doubts raising over the unavailability of batting powerhouse for a couple of matches due to his pregnant wife; Candice Warner. The duo is expected their third child in the next few weeks. Langer has reiterated the explosive opener Warner will not miss a game of the ICC World Cup 2019 while attending his wife.
Concurrently, the southpaw is in a rich vein of form. The prolific run-scorer is the leading run-getter for Australia at the ODI showpiece. Warner has amassed 447 runs in six innings while scoring at an incredible average of 89.40. He has further slammed 166 against Bangladesh in Nottingham.
Also, he has a chance to overtake Shakib Al Hasan, who is leading the charts with 476 runs in as many innings at an average of 95.20.
Warner has been in prime form at the ICC World Cup 2019:
While riding on Warner’s superlative performance, Australia is second on the list with five wins in six games. They have lost a solitary match against India at The Oval on June 9.
The 32-year-old batsman Warner has slammed a couple of centuries apart from responding to critics with the bat. The fluent stroke-maker is further set to be blessed with a baby soon.
Candice, who’s also in England, has also been attended by Warner in between Australia’s games. They’ve already two daughters; Indi Rae and Ivy Mae.
Langer hopeful for positive things:
Langer reiterated Candice is in the hospital. He has assured that Warner won’t miss any World Cup match in the United Kingdom (UK).
“He won’t miss a match. That’s why Candice has been over. It’s worked really well. She’s going to be in the hospital at the time, so hopefully, he doesn’t miss a match. But we’re all over that,” Langer told cricket.com.au.
Langer further stated he doesn’t like surprises on the personal front. He added they’ve tried to make it a win-win condition to work out on things in tandem. He is hopeful that things will work in their favour.
“I don’t like surprises, I wasn’t just going to turn up and go, ‘oh she might have a baby, we might miss Davey for the semi-final’. That’s what we try to do, always get win-win situations. We work together and we’ll make sure it works out for everyone. Hopefully, it will work out okay,” Langer concluded.
Meanwhile, Australia will take on England at Lord’s on Tuesday (June 25).