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Follow UsDavid Warner, who is all set to bow out from the Test format after the conclusion of the New Year’s Test against Pakistan in Sydney, has decided to call it a day from ODI cricket as well, having made his debut way back in 2009. Warner has taken the decision in order to maximize his availability in T20 cricket around the world but has kept open the possibility of playing in the 2025 Champions Trophy if the team need him then.
"I'm definitely retiring from one-day cricket as well. That was something that I had said through the World Cup, get through that, and winning it in India, I think that's a massive achievement,” Warner said at the SCG on Monday (January 1).
"So I'll make that decision today, to retire from those forms, which does allow me to go and play some other leagues around the world and sort of get the one-day team moving forward a little bit. I know there's a Champions Trophy coming up. If I'm playing decent cricket in two years' time and I'm around and they need someone, I'm going to be available."
A great of the format, Warner accumulated 6932 ODI runs from 161 matches at an average of 45.30 at a strike rate of 97.26. His presence was so vital to the cause that for the last 14 years, Australia never had to worry about finding an ideal replacement for Adam Gilchrist. He ends up as Australia’s sixth-highest run-getter in ODIs.
"It was a decision that I was very, very comfortable with," he said. "To win in India, from where we were, was absolutely amazing.
"When we lost two games in a row in India, the bond just got stronger with each other and it's not by fluke or by chance that we were able to get to where we were. The heroics of Maxi [Glenn Maxwell], the captaincy and the skills and execution of the way that we played against India was phenomenal, and not to dismiss the Kolkata semi-final as well."
With the T20 World Cup coming up in six months' time in the West Indies and USA, Warner will ply his trade in T20 leagues around the world. He remains an integral member of the 20-over side, with full backing from Australia’s head coach Andrew McDonald.
