When will the real David Warner stand up in the T20 format?

I agree with you guys re mental fatigue. Added to this is the fact that Warner is very much an eye player so now that he's the wrong side of 30, his ordinary footwork isn't going to help him much. Do we really want him playing T20 with such a hectic schedule? A question for you guys, why (Warner included) do so many Aussies have poor techniques? I'm thinking of Marsh and Kawaja laying back when driving, Handsomb and Bancroft. It is concerning that they are the best batsmen in Australia. Success comes with that back and across movement: Smith exaggeratedly so and think of Steve Waugh when he redefined his technique. Hope they prove me wrong in South Africa.

Watching Warner struggle with Willey's movement he could do with a stint in County Cricket. If Short is serious about making the test side he needs to do that too.

That’s not the point though, marfu. Paying someone a lot doesn’t make them any less tired. All the rest in the world in winter won’t help him for the SA tour.

My point exactly

He has had plenty of time to rest. They have barley played in the last month. Domestic players are the ones who should be a bit tired. If Warner is tired mentally after this summer he needs to be managed so he doesn't burn out.

Yes he needs a rest as many have mentioned despite the number of physical days "in the field". Not sure how long, hard they practice for? Warner has certainly proved his worth as skipper. Not as OCD as Smith. Smith from Sri Lanka last year sent home because he engine was cooked from all formats and getting flogged. It doesn't help when the ACB schedule so much cricket. The crowds and interest reflect that. Wait until its a touring side that is NOT England or India. Try more fringe players. After the first 3 one dayers v the Poms, I mentally checked out to freshen up for South Africa series. Seems a number of the cricketers have done the same.

Agreed. Mental tiredness is more draining than physical tiredness. Playing all three forms for your country and one, or several, "private" T20 comps overseas requires a lot of energy and application. If the lure of the cash is too great, then perhaps it falls to selectors to choose differing sides so that burnout is less likely. Has Australia already started down this road?

this article is not about how he's been playing in Tests or ODIs, but how he's gone in his T20 career and how he's going at the moment. In a nutshell, he's underperforming, which is a fair assessment.

Completely agree Chris. It's got to be hard playing in this sort of game when you know you'll be asked to face a red hot fast bowling attack in South Africa in 3 weeks time. Give the guy the next 3 weeks off and get him ready for SA.

It’s not his fitness that is the issue. I just think he’s just mentally tired. Steve Smith was rested in Sri Lanka. He started off the test series in good form and has declined since. Needs a mental freshen up that’s all.

I really feel for Warner when people write like this. Throughout the ashes articles were written about him not showing up and letting the side down, especially leading into the boxing day test, despite the fact he was averaging 48 opening the batting at the time and would go on to average 63. But the fact that he didn't strike at 70+ meant everyone was penning articles about how he was cheating us of some spectacle. He may have finished the ashes with a strike rate of 52, but that was still the second highest amongst amongst top 6 batsman across the series. I'll admit he had a pretty poor ODI series. So did Smith. But the idea that Warner has changed his game and is now some scratchy accumulator is just farcical. Warner has always played with controlled aggression. His debut century that you mentioned? He carried his bat in that innings. When the runs are there to be had (like his T20i debut, or his second century versus India) he will go after them. These are the innings that stick in most people minds. But when he has to pull his head in against good bowling, like he did in Bangladesh, he can do that too. Anyone who thinks that this is a different David Warner has been listening to too much channel 9 commentary.

Chris - He can put his feet up in the off season as these guys are paid exorbitant amounts to be professionals but get too greedy so as quantity goes up, quality goes down.

All that said, is he looking so bad? Those two balls the other night were sensational, pity he found a fielder on the second.

Has it been a big summer Chris? Around twenty full days of test cricket (+a few partials) and five ODIs, nothing remarkable. At least two of those in Perth he'd have had his feet up. In the WSC days there were generally around ten one-dayers and as many as 14. I accept these days there's a call for player management, and I get it there's the SA tour to come, but these guys have to at least have the stamina to get through a summer for the money they're on. After the IPL, for which I'm sure he'll have plenty of energy, he can go to Bora Bora for a month. I hear it's lovely there that time of year.

I honestly think he needs a rest. It’s been a big big summer and he’s just tired at the end of it. Needs a few weeks off on a beach somewhere thinking about anything but cricket.

He does pretty good for Sun Risers Hyderabad. He was the top run getter for IPL last year.