BIRMINGHAM: England’s veteran pacer Stuart Broad continued his dominant record against David Warner by dismissing the Australian opener for the 15th time in Test cricket.
On the second day of the opening Ashes Test, Stuart Broad once again managed to get rid of his old foe David Warner, whose miserable run in red-ball cricket continued.
Australia, resuming at an overnight score of 14/0 after Ben Stokes boldly declared England’s first innings on 393/8 on Day 1, were in a state of bother when Stuart Broad castled David Warner early in the first session of Day 2.
The right-arm pacer bowled a wide and tempting delivery outside off and lured Warner to play a booming cover drive.
Warner, however, failed to execute the drive with no footwork and dragged a thick inside edge back onto the stumps before walking with a shake of the head.
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Warner’s dismissal sent Broad in jubilation as the veteran pacer marched on to celebrate with his teammates.
Before the start of the Ashes, David Warner hinted at his potential Testretirement, announcing that the Sydney Test against Pakistan in January next year can be his final red-ball appearance.
Interacting with the reporters ahead of the World Test Championship Final against India at Lord’s, scheduled to commence on June 7, David Warner revealed that he wants to play his farewell Test match at his home ground Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) against Pakistan next year.
Australia are poised to take on West Indies in a two-match Test series briefly after Pakistan Tests but David Warner made it clear that he will not be a part of the Australian squad.
“You’ve got to score runs,” Warner told reporters, according to cricket.com.au.
“I probably owe it to myself and my family — if I can score runs here and continue to play back in Australia — I can definitely say I won’t be playing that West Indies series. If I can get through this [WTC final and Ashes] and make the Pakistan series I will definitely finish up then,” he said during the interaction.
In response to his plans regarding taking retirement from international cricket as a whole, David Warner hinted 2024 World Cup could be his last international outing but shared that he will continue to play franchise cricket around the world.
“I’ve always said the [2024] World Cup would probably be my final game,” shared Warner.
It is worth mentioning here that David Warner is going through a rough patch in the longest format for more than 12 months.
According to some reports, his Test future with Australia was dependent on how he coped with the Stuart Broad challenge in the Ashes.
The left-handed opener, however, would be hoping to find himself back in the runs in the next innings of the first Ashes Test in a bid to retain his spot in the Playing XI.
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