Having already announced Test retirement, David Warner has drawn curtains on his ODI career too.
Ahead of his farewell Test, Australia batting great David Warner has announced he’s also retiring from ODIs but says he will reconsider the decision if his services are needed for the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy.
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Addressing a media interaction on Monday, Warner, who will be playing his final Test against Pakistan in Sydney from January 3, says he was pondering the decision to quit ODIs during the world cup in India.
“I’ve got to give back to the family and also on the back of that I’m definitely retiring from one-day cricket as well,” Warner said. “That was something that I had said through the World Cup, get through that, and winning it in India, I think that’s a massive achievement.”
“So I’ll make that decision today, to retire from those forms, which does allow me to go and play some other (T20) leagues around the world and sort of get the one-day team moving forward a little bit.
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“I know there’s a Champions Trophy coming up. If I’m playing decent cricket in two years’ time and I’m around and they need someone, I’m going to be available,” he added.
The 2023 ODI World Cup final where Australia beat India to become the champion for a record-extending sixth time thus will be Warner’s final ODI of a glittering career.
The 37-year-old bows out with 6.932 runs from 161 ODIs including 22 centuries and 33 half-centuries. He will retire as Australia’s sixth-highest run-getter in the format and second on the centuries list behind Ricky Ponting.
“It was a decision that I was very, very comfortable with. To win in India, from where we were, was absolutely amazing,” Warner said.
“When we lost two games in a row in India, the bond just got stronger with each other and it’s not by fluke or by chance that we were able to get to where we were. The heroics of Maxi (Glenn Maxwell), the captaincy and the skills and execution of the way that we played against India was phenomenal, and not to dismiss the Kolkata semi-final as well,” he added.
Having retired from Tests and ODIs, Warner though will continue to play T20Is for Australia and will aim to make the cut for this year’s T20 World Cup which will be played in June.
After the final Test of his career, Warner will reportedly turn out for his Big Bash League team Sydney Thunder.
However, should Sydney Thunder make the final, Warner will unlikely to feature as he’s seeking a No Objection Certificate (NOC) from Cricket Australia to take part in the ILT20 in UAE where he represents Dubai Capitals.
