Veteran Australian opener David Warner has denied having any plans to call time on his Test career after smashing a record-breaking double century in the second Test against South Africa at the MCG.
The 36-year-old left-hander stressed that he still has that hunger and motivation to win Test matches for his country, as he made it clear that he is not going to retire for a couple of years from now. Warner said that he wants to win the upcoming Test series in India and the Ashes series in England.
As reported by AFP, David Warner stated: “The extra motivation for me is winning in India and completely winning a series in England. I’ve been told by the coach, Andrew McDonald, and the selectors that they’d like me to be there. Obviously, there was a lot of stuff before this series going through my mind… of course there were doubts”
The star opener continued, “But for me, it was about going out there and knowing that I’ve still got that hunger and determination. People keep telling me ‘you’ll know when it’s time’, and I haven’t really felt that at all yet. I’m still enjoying it, and I still know what energy I can bring to the team.”
Warner further said that whenever he starts "losing that spark and energy around training and taking the mickey out of people and playing some jokes and pranks here and there," it will be time to take a call on his future.
He signed off by saying about the cramps that he felt during his epic double century at the MCG, “I’ve never experienced those kinds of cramps before, and if you could have had a camera in the change room for the next hour after I was off, it was comical.”
(AFP inputs)
