Australian cricket group batter David Warner ended his Check profession with an emphatic eight-wicket win over Pakistan within the third Check match in Sydney to finish a sensational whitewash within the three-match sequence. Warner introduced forward of the sequence that this can be his final in Check cricket and he ended up scoring a half-century in his remaining innings. Whereas Warner obtained loads of reward and tributes following his remaining Check match, a cryptic submit by former Australia teammate Damien Martyn has gone viral on social media. “#thankgoditsallover,” Martyn wrote on X (previously Twitter).
— Damien Martyn(@damienmartyn) January 6, 2024
Whereas the previous Australian cricket group batter didn’t clarify the context of his social media submit, followers related it to Warner’s retirement and a few of them weren’t pleased.
Warner went out the way in which he started with a rumbustious innings to information Australia to an eight-wicket victory and 3-0 Check sequence sweep over Pakistan in Sydney on Saturday.
Actually? Did not he contribute over 8k runs!
— Faraz Baig (@faraz9994) January 6, 2024
Taking part in in his 112th and remaining Check, Warner was dismissed for 57 — simply 11 runs from ending off the job — and left the Sydney Cricket Floor area earlier than an adoring residence crowd.
— Damian White (@DamianWhite42) January 6, 2024
Marnus Labuschagne together with his nineteenth Check half-century on 62 and Steve Smith on 4 had been there on the finish because the Australians eased to the 130-run goal for the lack of simply two wickets.
“We’re within the leisure enterprise, pleased to return out right here and showcase what I attempt to do on a regular basis,” stated the 37-year-old Warner, who made his Check debut in 2011 and can go down as one of many best openers in cricket.
“I began with Twenty20, tried to return right here and emulate that, tried to play my pictures and managed to get a win on the board.”
Requested how he wished to be remembered, Warner added: “Thrilling, entertaining and, I hope, I put a smile on everybody’s face the approach I performed.”
It was one thing of an anti-climax when Warner, often known as “The Bull”, was out — dropping a assessment for lbw to spinner Sajid Khan.
Warner was congratulated by the Pakistan gamers, who had given him a guard of honour as he got here out for his remaining innings, earlier than he waved his bat acknowledging the cheering crowd as he left the SCG for the final time.
It was a sometimes aggressive innings from Warner coming off 75 balls with seven fours, replete with crashing drives and audacious reverse sweeps.
Warner scored 8,786 Check runs at a mean of 44.59, with 26 centuries.
(With AFP inputs)
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