David Warner, who is all set to bring the curtains down on his international career, shared a photo of himself with young opener Jake Fraser-McGurk from the Caribbean. David Warner‘s caption is another suggestion that he will no longer play T20I cricket for Australia. Australia’s David Warner seems to have drawn the curtains on his international career.
The retiring opener on Tuesday shared a photo with star batter Jake Fraser-McGurk from the Caribbean, urging the young batting hero to take over from him. Warner is yet to officially announce his retirement, but he had said before the T20 World Cup 2024 that it would be the last tournament for Australia.
David Warner’s international career in all formats of the game.
David Warner’s international retirement was sealed on Tuesday when Australia were officially knocked out of the T20 World Cup 2024 in the Super 8 stage. Australia lost to India and Afghanistan in the Super 8 stage, failing to make it to the semi-final of the tournament. The 2021 champions were shown the door after Afghanistan defeated Bangladesh on Tuesday and secured the second spot in Group 1 of the Super 8 stage.
Australia picked the experienced David Warner and partnered him with Travis Head at the top for the T20 World Cup. Warner did not disappoint as the veteran batter hit 178 runs from 7 matches, including two fifties for Australia.
Notably, David Warner announced his ODI retirement after the World Cup last year and played a his last Test during the home summer against Pakistan. Warner, however, has left the doors open for a comeback in next year’s Champions Trophy, saying he would be available if Australia needed him.
Warner would have hoped to end his career in T20I cricket on a high, but Australia failed to make it past the Super 8 stage. Warner was part of the side that won the T20 World Cup in 2021 in the UAE. Warner will continue to play franchise-based T20 cricket leagues across the globe, including the IPL.
Post his retirement, David Warner has looked upon young dynamic Jake Fraser McGurk to take his mantle forward as an opener in the game of cricket.
David Warner hands mantle over to Jake-Fraser McGurk after retiring from international cricket
After having retired from international cricket, veteran Australian opener David Warner has handed the mantle over to Jake Fraser-McGurk. The left-handed batter David Warner shared a picture of himself with the youngster on his official Instagram account for the same reason.
The dynamic opener’s David Warner’s international career came to a close after Australia were eliminated from the 2024 T20 World Cup. The southpaw managed only six runs in his final innings against India. The New South Wales cricketer mustered 178 runs in the ongoing tournament but played an integral role in Australia’s 2021 T20 World Cup win.
Fraser-McGurk, meanwhile, announced his arrival during IPL 2024, thrilling the cricketing fraternity and fans with aggressive strokeplay. He played for the Delhi Capitals in IPL 2024 and scored 330 runs in nine matches at 36.67 and kept a strike rate of 234.04. While the youngster is yet to play a T20I, he could make his first appearance in England in September and play a role similar to that of his predecessor.
Notably, Fraser-McGurk travelled with the Australian squad as a reserve player. The Delhi Capitals opener was not picked in Australia’s 15-man squad despite his sensational debut season in the Indian Premier League 2024 season. The 22-year-old scored 330 runs in 9 matches at a strike rate of over 230 for the Capitals.
David Warner on Jake Fraser McGurk
During an interview with the Sydney Morning Herald in May, Warner said traveling with the squad as a reserve for the 2024 T20 World Cup should be a great experience for Fraser-McGurk. He said:
“95 per cent of our team are pretty much married with kids, coming in as a young guy can be challenging. You are potentially locked in your room, doing nothing. Fortunately, we’ll be in the Caribbean, so you can go outside and have a nice swim and things like that. But the experience for him will be great and being around the guys and the group where potentially I feel like he’ll probably go on that England tour in late August.”
The Australians will be in action during the England tour in September when they play both ODIs and T20Is.