WTC Final 2023: David Warner Announces Retirement Date

David Warner is planning to retire soon from all forms of cricket

Australia opener David Warner has announced his retirement date just four days before the much-anticipated World Test Championship Final against India at The Oval. Warner announced on Saturday that he has decided to end his long and illustrious Test career, with plans to retire from the format at the end of the current Australian summer.

Warner is currently in London, preparing for the World T20 final against the Rohit Sharma-led Indian team, which begins on June 7 and will be followed by a five-match Ashes series against England.

Warner told reporters in Beckenham that he intends to retire from Test cricket after Australia’s Test match against Pakistan in January at his home ground in Sydney, effectively ruling himself out of the two-match Test series against the West Indies. He did, however, clarify that he intends to continue playing white-ball cricket for Australia until the 2024 T20 World Cup, which will be held in the West Indies and the United States.

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WTC Final 2023: David Warner Announces Retirement Date

David Warner About His Retirement

“You’ve got to score runs. I’ve always said the (2024) World Cup would probably be my final game,” Warner said on Saturday.

“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 ensuing Ashes campaign) and make the Pakistan series I will definitely finish up then.”

“I want to play that 2024 World Cup. It is something that is on the back of my mind. We’ve got a lot of cricket before that, and then I think it stops from February,” said Warner.

“So for me, then I’ll have to play IPL some of the other franchise leagues and then get into that rhythm to play in June.

“There will be a bit of cricket around to play. Who knows I might go back and play a Shield game for New South Wales.”

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