David Warner Bids Farewell to ODI Cricket: A Legendary Career

David Warner’s Career Highlights:

David Warner, the Australian cricket star, has announced his retirement from one-day international (ODI) cricket and Tests.

He retires as the sixth-highest run-scorer in Australian ODI history. Warner has scored 6932 runs from his 161 matches, with 22 centuries. He has scored the second-most runs by any Australian ODI player, behind only Ricky Ponting.

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Warner had been contemplating retiring since before the 2023 World Cup, where he was the side’s leading run-scorer. He expressed his availability for the 2025 Champions Trophy, but said that it was the right moment to call an amazing World Cup win. Warner played his final ODI for Australia on November 19, 2023, against India, the ODI World Cup final that the Aussies won by six wickets to clinch their sixth world title.

David Warner, the Australian cricket star, has had a prolific career in all game formats.

Some of his career highlights include:

• Warner made his international debut in a T20I against South Africa in 2009, becoming the first man to represent Australia without a first-class match to his name since the very beginning of Test cricket
• He scored 89 off 43 balls in his debut T20I match, including consecutive sixes off Dale Steyn to go to a 19-ball fifty.
• In 2011, Warner made his Test debut and carried his bat in just his second Test, finishing on 123 against New Zealand.
• Warner then blasted his way to a memorable 180 in the third Test against India in Perth.
• In 2013, Warner was suspended by Cricket Australia after an altercation with Joe Root in Birmingham.
• In 2014, Warner scored 1136 runs at 63.11 with six centuries, including back-to-back tons in Adelaide against India. It remains his most prolific year average-wise (except a lone Test in 2020)
• Warner was named vice-captain to Steven Smith in the Test and he led the limited-overs sides.
• In 2022, Warner became just the second player to mark his 100th Test with a double-century and only the 10th batsman to score a century on the 100th test.
• Warner had a prolific franchise T20 career, especially in the IPL, and in 2021 became just the fourth batter to pass 10,000 runs in T20.
• Warner scored 22 centuries in ODI cricket, the second-most by any Australian ODI player, behind only Ricky Ponting. He made his ODI debut on January 18, 2009 against South Africa in Hobart. He scored 6932 runs from his 161 matches.
• Warner played his final ODI for Australia on November 19, 2023, against India. It was the ODI World Cup final that the Aussies won by six wickets to clinch their sixth world title.

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