Former English cricketer Nasser Hussain has come out in favour of David Warner amid heavy criticism for his place in the Australian side in the Ashes 2023. He said that had Australia won the series, it would have been time to move on from David Warner, but now it’s a live game and they have to play Warner.
“Had they won the Ashes, it would have been a time to move on from David Warner, but now it’s a live game,” Nasser Hussain backs Australian batter despite criticism
David Warner’s torrid run in England has continued as he has struggled to score runs in the ongoing Ashes 2023. The southpaw has looked clueless against the moving ball and has getting out for low scores in the series against England.
Stuart Broad, in particular, has troubled him yet again and has made a mockery of him. The pacer removed him 7 times in the Ashes 2019 and has had his man 3 times this match. David Warner has not found answers on how to tackle the pacer and has almost accepted his defeat.
David Warner has managed scores of 36, 66, 25, four and one in this series. His poor performances have been quite a few experts lashing out at him and raising calls to drop him. It remains to be seen if he makes it into the XI for the next game or not.
David Warner will announce his Test retirement during or after #TheAshes 2023. Will continue to play ODIs, T20 and franchise cricket.
— Himanshu Pareek (@Sports_Himanshu) July 10, 2023
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But Naseer Hussain highlighted even if Australia leave out Warner who would open the innings for them. He pointed out that they should not drop him as the series is yet to won. Speaking about the same:
“I think if they’d won here [third Test at Headingley], and they had won the Ashes, it would have been a time to move on from David Warner, but now it’s a live game, I think they need and have to play Warner. My point being you could play Cameron and Mitchell Marsh and leave Warner out, but then who opens?”
“That’s a specialist role: opening in Test,” Says Naseer Hussain
Nasser Hussain further went on to say that opening isn’t a cake away for anyone as it’s specialist post and Australia needs to think about if they try to snub David Warner.
“That’s a specialist role: opening in Test Match cricket”, he said. Hussain feels that the Aussies will have to think hard about who would open in the next match, scheduled to be played at Old Trafford.”
