Veteran Australia opener David Warner said that he is committed to playing in the upcoming 50-over ICC World Cup, which is scheduled to take place in India in 2023.
Warner, 36, has been ever-present at the top of the order for more than a decade, bar a one-year ban for ball-tampering in 2018, playing 100 Tests, 141 ODIs and 99 T20Is. Warner made his T20I debut in 2009, the same year he first played an ODI, with his Test career beginning two years later, becoming one of cricket’s finest all-format players.
Warner, who scored a match-winning double hundred in his 100th Test, dedicated his fantastic knock to his father. Warner was visibly elated after scoring 200 against South Africa, his first Test century in nearly three seasons. Given the difficult conditions at the MCG, it became more heroic. Warner was forced to retire due to severe cramps, despite becoming the tenth man in Test history to score a century in his 100th match. And only the second player after Joe Root to score a double in the 100th.
“He collects the Johnny Mullagh medal for his double century in his 100th Test. Phenomenal achievement by the boys. We saw some crazy stuff from Carey and Green and that century from Carey,” Warner told the post-match presentation ceremony.
“My Dad couldn’t come here, but this one is up there. Never doubted my abilities. It is all about coming out here. I have trained my backside off in the nets.Â
Australia secured an innings and 182-run victory over South Africa in the second Test on Thursday, wrapping up the series with a match to spare after the visitors’ batting woes were rudely exposed once more.
