David Warner drew curtains on his Test career that spanned more than 12 years. The veteran Australia batter scored a half-century in his final Test innings, against Pakistan in Sydney, before bowing out with 8786 runs in 112 games at an average of 44.59 and an impressive strike rate of 70.19. Before calling it time in the longest format, Warner also hung his boots in ODIs after representing Australia in 161 matches and amassing 6932 runs at an average of 45.30.
Despite contributing a lot to the team in the past decade, Warner doesn’t stand on former coach John Buchanan’s list of ‘Australian great batters’.
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“I don’t think so,” the former Aussie head coach said on SEN Breakfast when asked if Warner was one of the greats of the game.
The 70-year-old said the greats of the game are those who have done something exceptional that others just can’t match.
“I think he (Warner) has certainly performed exceptionally well throughout this career, he sits on 8000+ runs, he’s played over 100 Test matches, over 160 ODIs and nearly 100 T20s. His averages are reasonable compared to all those in the various formats, his strike rate is obviously higher because of the way he plays the game.
“On performance base, he’s right up there. But greats of the game, in my opinion, are people that really do and have done something exceptional that others just can’t match, so, therefore, you automatically go to the (Don) Bradmans, (Glenn) McGraths, (Shane) Warnes, they’re the greats in my opinion,” he added.
Buchanan was in charge of one of the most successful Australian sides between 1999 to 2007. Warner, who retired from Test cricket last week, did not play under him as he made his Australia debut in 2009.
Warner’s autobiography in the process
The 37-year-old confirmed to Club Prairie Fire podcast that his autobiography is in the works but did not reveal much whether the book will contain details of the sandpaper gate – the 2018 ball-tampering scandal in South Africa.
“My side of the story and all that, that could be told whenever. There are going to be some things in the book that are definitely going to be related to 2018. It’s not potentially going to be around what I know, what others know, because then it just becomes a tit-for-tat.
“It’s not that kind of story. I want it to be about my journey, my upbringing. There are going to be a few things in there,” Warner said.
(With PTI Inputs)
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