Australia’s David Warner celebrates with his medal after winning the ICC Cricket World Cup. (Reuters)
Despite calling it quits from all formats of the game, David Warner had stated that he was open to playing for Australia in the Champions Trophy next year, if he was needed for it.
Australia national team selector George Bailey has now confirmed that Warner isn’t part of their plans for the tournament in Pakistan.
“Our understanding is that David is retired, and (he) should be commended on what has been an incredible career across all three formats,” Bailey said. “Certainly, our planning is that he won’t be there in Pakistan.
“You never know when Bull’s joking…think he’s just stirring the pot a bit. He’s had a wonderful career, can’t celebrate it enough, and think as time goes by, his legacy of what he has done for Australia and we reflect back on that, the legend of a player is only going to continue to grow. But as far as this team goes and the journey to transition to some different players, in his case across all three formats, it’s going to be exciting,” Bailey added.
Warner had given air to possibilities in a recent social media post, where he thanked his teammates and fans after Australia’s exit from the T20 World Cup – his last.
“I will continue to play franchise cricket for a while, and I am also open to playing for Australia in the Champions trophy if selected,” he wrote.
Warner had called it quits from the 50-overs format after Australia’s World Cup win last year and played his last Test earlier this year against Pakistan.
Warner played 383 games for Australia across formats, scoring 18,995 runs, winning two ODI World Cups, a T20 World title and a World Test Championships title during his time with the national team.
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