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The Australian opener David Warner retired from Test cricket after a victorious farewell game at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) against Pakistan in the past week. In his parting chat with Fox Cricket, the 37-year-old talked about his plans after Test retirement, expressing his ambition to potentially coach in the sport in the near future.
The third and the final Test match of the series at the SCG was highly competitive for the majority of play, but Australia pulled away from Pakistan in the third innings before chasing down the target of 130 runs with eight wickets in hand. In his final Test innings, David Warner scored 57 runs off 75 balls, sharing a century stand with Marnus Labuschagne for the second wicket, putting the hosts on the brink of a 3-0 whitewash of the Men in Green.
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While speaking to Fox Cricket, David Warner commented on his future plan in the sport and said, “Yeah, I've got ambitions later down the track to potentially coach. I'll have to speak with the wife first to see if I'm allowed a few more days away.” Notably, the New South Welshman finished with 8786 runs at an average of 44.59 in his Test career, which included 26 hundreds and 37 fifties.
As per the report from Fox Cricket, David Warner spoke about how he began his international career as an aggressor on the field before he turned a corner following the ball-tampering saga in Cape Town during 2018. He was quoted as saying, “When I came into the team, the way that I went about it on the field was to get in people's faces, to upset them and to get them off their rhythm when they're batting. I was moulded into being that person.”
Then, the 37-year-old recognised the impact of the franchise T20 leagues like the IPL and PSL, which would make the art of sledging a thing of the past very soon. He remarked, “I don't think you'll see that kind of sledging or anything like that anymore. I think it'll be just like a bit of laughter, a bit of banter, like me and Shaheen Shah Afridi. I think that's probably the way forward. I don't think you'll see that old aggression again.”
