David Warner has chosen to retire from ODIs, Revealing the decision just before his farewell Test against Pakistan.
On Monday, David Warner declared his retirement from One Day Internationals (ODIs).
Australian cricketer David Warner has officially declared his retirement from one day international (ODI) cricket. This decision comes on the heels of his earlier announcement about stepping away from Test cricket following Australia’s upcoming match against Pakistan in Sydney.
The 37-year-old opening batsman made it clear that while he is retiring from certain formats, he plans to continue his cricket career by participating in select tournaments. Notably, Warner expressed his intention to make himself available for the 2025 Champions Trophy.
During a press conference in Sydney, he stated, “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.” He had previously mentioned this plan during the 2023 World Cup, where Australia emerged victorious in India.
Warner emphasized, “So, I’ll make that decision today, to retire from those forms, which does allow me to go and play some other (Twenty20) leagues around the world and sort of get the one-day team moving forward a little bit.”
Looking ahead, he acknowledged the upcoming Champions Trophy, saying, “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.”
Warner is set to take part in his farewell Test from January 3
The decision, thus, puts an end to an illustrious career for Warner in ODIs. The swashbuckling left-hander made his debut in the format in 2009 and amassed 6,932 runs in 161 ODIs at an average of 45.30 and a strike rate of 97.26. He ends with a total of 22 hundreds in the shorter format, only behind Ricky Ponting’s tally of 29 in the list of Australia’s most prolific scorers. Overall, he ends as Australia’s sixth-highest run-getter in ODIs with two World Cup titles (in 2015 and 2023).
Warner further added, “It was a decision that I was very, very comfortable with. To win in India (i.e. the 2023 ODI WC), from where we were, was absolutely amazing.
“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.”
In the 2023 ODI WC, Warner ended with 530 runs — sixth-highest overall and most by an Australian — with two centuries and equal number of half-centuries. Thus, he will now only be available in T20Is and look to help Australia win the 2024 T20 World Cup, in West Indies and USA, in June.
Talking about his Test career, he will look to end it in style in the third and final Test versus Pakistan at his home ground, i.e. the SCG, Sydney. He has 8,695 runs including 26 tons and 36 fifties.
The Australia-Pakistan third and final Test kicks off on Jan 3 (Wednesday).
