Before the T20 series final against New Zealand on Wednesday, Dashing left-hander David Warner voiced his concerns over the workload of Australian cricketers, conceding that he was mentally drained during his team’s 1-4 ODI series loss to England. Warner sided with captain Steve Smith, who recently stated that the Ashes series had taken a toll on body.
“It was a bit of a mental breakdown from a few of us. If you look at the Twenty20 team at the moment, the way these guys have come out of the Big Bash fresh, they’re just killing it” he said.
“It’s sort of set the example that if we come around to the same situation again with a big Ashes series, do we look at certain things? And that’s up to Cricket Australia to look at and judge.”
“It’s up to the individual as well to put their hand up. If you are cooked or something, you’re an adult, you’re not going to get shot down for putting your hand up. We have the onus upon ourselves to do that,” Warner was quoted as saying by the Cricket Australia website.
