David Warner Credits BBL Return To His Daughters, Says " They Want To See Dad Play In The Big Bash"
Published - 23 Aug 2022, 01:57 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 12:12 AM
Australian opener David Warner will be making a comeback in BBL after nine years. He has signed a 2-year deal with Sydney Thunder. The southpaw was a part of the franchise in the first and the third BBL seasons.
Speaking to Cricket Australia’s official website, the southpaw sad that it was his daughters Ivy Mae, Indi Rae and Isla Rose who inspired him to make a return to BBL. He further said that BBL is a part of his family now and he is looking to make the most of that in time to come.
Big Bash Is Now All About Family: David Warner
“My ‘girls’ have told me that they’d love to watch me play at home and in the BBL”. It will be great for us to be a part of the BBL as a family, and it is something that I am really looking forward to sharing with them. They have never seen me play in the Big Bash and I am all about family and the Big Bash is now all about family. Now my girls are well and truly interested in playing the game and they want to see dad play in the Big Bash,” cricket.com.au quoted Warner as saying on Sunday.
Warner’s return was made possible after South Africa withdrew their tour to the country for a Test series in January next year. This has also taken a hit to their World Test Championship points as well.
In his conversation, David Warner also spoke about the upcoming T20 World Cup in Australia. Warner was the Player of the Series in the previous edition with Australia winning their maiden T20 World Cup title. Ahead of this year’s tournament, he said that this mega event might be the last one for many of the current players.
“We’re all excited, we’ve got a great bunch of guys from that World Cup (and) pending selection, it could be the last time we see a lot of these players play together.”And that’s what’s exciting, it’s going to be sad but for us (but) it’s just exciting to be back at home and playing in a home World Cup,” he added saying.
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