AUS vs SL: Can’t shut down the critics, says David Warner
He hasn’t been fairly the identical participant since he suffered a groin harm throughout India’s tour of Australia final yr. A hasty comeback, with the hosts below stress, in all probability difficult issues. His runs dried up. His Sunrisers Hyderabad captaincy was taken away. In the cut-throat world of franchise cricket his contributions had been rapidly forgotten.
Thursday night time was Warner’s second to reply to his critics. The Australian opener, nevertheless, was restrained.
Fresh from a match-winning half-century in opposition to Sri Lanka, and searching jovial on the post-match press convention, the Australian opener was requested if he shut the critics down.
Australia’s David Warner celebrates his fifty runs with Steve Smith in opposition to Sri Lanka. (AP)
“Shutting the critics down? No, never. That’s the world of sport. When you ride the highs you’ve got to ride the lows; you’ve got to stay confident, keep a smile on your face and never let it get to you,” Warner replied.
Maybe, a recreation in opposition to Sri Lanka got here on the proper time for Warner, his blissful looking staff. His scores within the final 4 T20Is in opposition to Sri Lanka earlier than this T20 World Cup fixture had been 65, 57, 60 and 100. On Thursday, he scored a 42-ball 65. Any motive why he likes enjoying in opposition to Sri Lanka?
“Yeah, look, obviously I don’t look at the stats, but sometimes you match up well against different teams, and like tonight I obviously started fresh. Everyone was talking about my form, which I reiterated that’s not the thing I’m worried about; it’s about going out there and starting well,” Warner stated.
Toss is enjoying an enormous position within the matches in Dubai. Evening dew is making issues troublesome for the groups bowling second. In the primary half, tiered pitches, because of the IPL, have been enjoying gradual and low.
Warner’s antidote is to run onerous between the wickets, changing those into twos.
“I would say a hundred percent when you’re playing on one side of the ground. You saw today that’s a big, big boundary, so you’ll see a lot of teams, especially with guys that have very fast bowling, they’ll use that big boundary and try to defend the short boundary.”
He added: “As you get closer to the middle, that’s when you can back yourself a little bit and you can hit boundaries on both sides. But yeah, taking on that one is for the big boys.”
Good information for Australia is that quick bowler Mitchell Starc recovered effectively from a knock on the knee to assert two wickets in opposition to Sri Lanka.
