With the Australian cricket side often playing the ‘horses for courses’ line in leaving players like Usman Khawaja and so on out of the XI depending on conditions, how is it that David Warner continually gets the nod to open the batting on the sub-continent?
After all, our vice-captain’s average in these conditions is inferior to lower-order players such as Mitchell Starc and Matthew Wade.
In 23 innings and with a highest score of 71, four 50s and an average of 24.30 (which is almost half of his career batting average), I can’t help but use the words of the late great professor Julian Sumner Miller: “Why is it so?”
Surely until Warner changes his game to suit the conditions like Matthew Hayden famously did back in the early 2000s, which paid huge dividends after the big Queenslander mastered the art of sweeping, the flat track bully needs to be put in his place and left at home until he improves his game on the sub-continent.
It wouldn’t be fun coming in at number three behind Warner, you’d have the inners and gloves almost on before the end of the first over if their opponents open up with a tweaker!
My good mate Ray Barnacle has as good as robbed a whole host of betting agencies by backing Warner to be the first man dismissed for Australia on tours of the sub-continent.
He’s been pretty happy that the selectors haven’t decided to give Davey a tap on the shoulder and tell him he is dropped due to his horrendous form on turning decks.
Their argument will no doubt be something along the lines of ‘who else can they open with?’ or ‘who could do better?’
The answer is simple, and staring them right in the face – take your pick from first or second drop! Even Mitchell Starc would be a better option!
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