Published: Feb 22, 2018, 05:45 PM (IST)
Edited: Feb 22, 2018, 05:45 PM (IST)
Australia‘s vice-captain, David Warner, wasn’t in the best of form during the five-match ODI series versus England in January 2018. After a fairly successful Ashes 2017-18, wherein the left-hander amassed 441 runs at 63, Warner struggled to get going in the ODIs. He compiled only 73 runs at 14.60. After a successful Trans-Tasmanian T20I series — in which Warner-led Australia remained unbeaten — he shared that it took taken a toil on him to shift focus from Tests to ODIs.
“It’s more the other way this year. I’ve found it a little bit draining that I wasn’t really timing the ball as well as I would have liked with the one-day stuff. In my mind I was probably going too hard – I’ve got blisters on my hands in places where I wouldn’t normally get them. I reckon I was real tense and really just trying to fight that inner demon to say, ‘go hard. And I didn’t need to,” Warner told Cricket Australia.
Ahead of the much-awaited South Africa Test series, Warner added, “To go from here (from T20Is) back to Test cricket, I’ll fall back into place and I’ll get my work in in the nets with ‘Hicky’ (assistant coach Graeme Hick) and ‘Boof’ (head coach Darren Lehmann) throwing me throwdowns and running drinks for the boys.
I can’t wait to get over there and I’m actually pumped. I’ll probably have two days (off) and then get out there in the afternoon, have a weights session and have a run around, get used to the time zone and try to adjust to the climate,” opined Warner.
