Everyone is celebrating the New Year. Meanwhile, Australian opener David Warner made a big announcement. David Warner will play the last Test match of his career on January 3. Before that, however, the Aussie opener made a big decision. Australian opener Warner retired from ODI cricket on the first day of the 2024. However, he has now said that he can decide to return to the 2025 Champions Trophy if the team needs him.
David Warner announced his retirement from ODI cricket at a press conference at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Monday. "I am retiring from one-day cricket. Actually, I was thinking of retiring from the World Cup in India. Winning the World Cup in India is a great achievement. I made that decision today. As a result, I will be able to play in some other leagues around the world. It's time for our ODI team to move on. ’'
However, Warner said that this time he wants to play in different franchise cricket leagues all over the world. This decision to retire from one-day cricket will help him move forward in the coming days. Then the Australian opener also said that he wants to play cricket for the next two years. He also said that if he is needed for the 2025 Champions Trophy, he can think about the decision in the coming days.
Warner has already won two ODI World Cup titles for Australia. He won the World Cup tournament at home in 2015 and in India in 2023. In 2015, he scored a total of 345 runs in 8 innings at a batting average of 49.28 and a strike rate of 120.20. A hundred came out of his bat. He was Australia's second-highest run scorer in this tournament. In the 2023 World Cup, he has scored a total of 535 runs in 11 matches at a batting average of 48.63. His strike rate was 108.29. He was the highest run scorer for the Australian team in this tournament. He scored two centuries and two half-centuries in this World Cup.
The World Cup final is Warner's last one-day match for the country. The 37-year-old cricketer has scored 6932 runs in 161 ODIs. He has 22 centuries and 33 half-centuries. He is finishing his career as Australia's sixth-highest run-scorer in ODIs. Ricky Ponting is second only to Ricky Ponting in the list of centuries among Australian players.
