AUS vs ENG: Glenn McGrath Makes David Warner Retirement Call After Australia Star's Ashes Admission

David Warner, the Australia opener, has acknowledged that 2023 might be his “final 12 months in Test cricket,” and Glenn McGrath thinks he might give up the days cricket after the Ashes.

Warner, who is now the oldest player under contract with Australia, is eager to win an Ashes series in England after participating in losses in 2013 and 2015 and battling against Stuart Broad in the 2019 series that was drawn.

David Warner Not A Spring Chicken Anymore: Glenn McGrath

And according to McGrath, Warner is eager to “renew that war with Broady” before quitting Test cricket. McGrath remarked exclusively to Mirror Sport: “He’s not a spring chicken anymore.

“He’s 36 now and coming up to playing 100 Tests for Australia this summer. I thought when he achieved that he might reconsider his focus in cricket.

“Obviously with a player like him, T20 and the IPL can be very lucrative once he hangs up the boots internationally. He loves his Test cricket and he didn’t achieve what he wanted to on that Ashes tour [in 2019].

“I think he’ll be keen to go over there and renew that battle with Broady and see how they go, but if he gets to the Ashes I dare say he won’t play too long after that.”

Test Cricket Will Probably Be The First One To Fall Off: David Warner

And earlier this month, Warner gave a hint that he would retire from Test cricket following the 2023 Ashes, saying: “Test cricket will probably be the first one to fall off. Because that’s how it will pan out. Potentially it could be my last 12 months in Test cricket.”

The 2019 season saw him score just 95 runs, the fewest of any openers who have played five matches in a single Ashes series. Broad dismissed him seven times in ten innings.

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