‘Boo me, but don’t boo the crew’: David Warner | Cricket News

NEW DELHI: Former Australia batter David Warner is unbothered by the prospect of being booed by English cricket followers throughout The Hundred this summer season. In truth, he welcomes the problem.
The 38-year-old opener is ready to make his debut in the competitors after being picked up by London Spirit on this week’s draft. Warner has typically encountered a hostile reception in England, with tensions reaching a peak throughout the 2023 Ashes at Lord’s following Jonny Bairstow’s controversial stumping.

“I actually want them to come at Australians. I love that stuff. That’s what gets me going,” Warner stated. “If they want to boo me, boo me, but don’t boo the team or anything like that.”
Reflecting on his return to Lord’s, Spirit’s house floor, Warner acknowledged the potential for a charged environment. “We’ll have to wait until I step onto that field and see how they respond. I’ll have to walk past the Long Room first to get to the dressing room, so that will be interesting,” he stated.

“But this time, I’m playing for London Spirit, not Australia. And most importantly, I need to find out if the Lord’s lunches are as good for The Hundred as they are for internationals!”
Looking forward to England’s 2025-26 Ashes tour of Australia, Warner expressed doubts about the effectiveness of Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes’ aggressive type of Test cricket, referred to as ‘Bazball,’ in Australian circumstances.
“I don’t know if ‘Bazball’ is still a thing in England, but I just can’t see it working in Australia,” he stated. “With the bounce and the types of fields Australia set last time in England, it would be a high-risk approach. You want to wear out the pitch and take the game into days four and five, and that style doesn’t really allow for that.”

Warner additionally dismissed any notion of offering insights on Australian gamers to his English teammates at London Spirit. “I’m sure I’ll get plenty of questions, but I won’t be giving anything away,” he stated.
Although Warner briefly thought-about popping out of retirement for Australia’s sequence towards India final 12 months when the crew struggled to discover a dependable opening companion for Usman Khawaja, he insists his worldwide profession is over.
“That was just a case of putting my hand up if needed, with guys dropping out left, right, and center,” Warner defined. “But I’m well and truly finished at the international level. As much as I’d love to be part of another Ashes series, that chapter is closed for me.”