Former captain Ricky Ponting feels Australia shouldn't overweight David Warner's failures in UK on two successive Ashes tours in his career and must back him to finally overcome the conditions there next time. 

Warner had a painful experience trying to survive the swing and seam movement against the likes of Stuart Broad and Jofra Archer this year. 

And while the 33-year-old remains a dominating force in familiar terrains as seen through his epic triple century against Pakistan in Adelaide, question marks over his ability to counter the difficulties overseas still remain. 

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However, on being asked whether the southpaw can do so in four years' time, Ponting told cricket.com.au: "Absolutely. Physically he's fine and we're seeing now that he's batting as well as ever. Most batsmen don't come into their prime until their early 30s, which is where's he's sitting now."

"But time will tell. These guys play a lot of cricket these days; he's always going to play in the IPL and he's got other T20 tournaments around the world, and he plays all three forms of the game for Australia."

"The longevity side of things probably gets a little bit harder for the modern player. I played until I was 38 but there was no T20 cricket really, so I was able to freshen myself up and get myself ready for one-dayers and Test cricket."

Ponting said perhaps the time has come for Warner to consider what kind of and how much cricket he needs to play at this stage of his career and beyond. "If that's a goal (doing well in England) of Davey's, to maximise his Test career, then he might have to give something up along the way in a couple of years' time."

"He's on record as saying Test cricket is his favourite game and the game he wants to be remembered for playing well."

"Let's see how he goes in the next couple of years, but right now he looks fantastic."

Even Warner after this knock mentioned "something's going to have to give" in his schedule if he is to last long and do well abroad. 

"I really haven't put any thought into what I'll do first, whether it's give away Twenty20 internationals to free up time for the Test matches," he said.

"I think that will probably come around the corner after next year's (T20) World Cup, I might have to think about it. I think there's a World Cup six months after that as well."

"Something's going to have to give, and it's also another opportunity for a youngster to come through."

(Inputs from cricket.com.au)