David Healy and David Warner (Image: AFP)
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Veteran Australian opening batsman David Warner He can continue to play Tests for another year if he continues his strong form, he feels he is a former Australia Wicket-keeper Ian Healy.
The 37-year-old batsman played a match-winning knock of 164 runs in 221 deliveries against Pakistan in the first Test match. Warner is likely to pull back the curtains on his career in the game’s longest format. He had previously stated that he would like to play his farewell Test match at his home ground in Sydney.
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“What I like about him is his durability. We all know how fit he is because he kept up the pace between the wickets. I liked the way he kept moving and his feet moved,” Healy told SEN Radio. “That’s the part I agree with about Mitchell Johnson and what he said about him, why do you have a swansong, the last three years haven’t been very good and now you’re choosing how you can retire.”
“But if he hits like that, he can take another year for me until he doesn’t want to play anymore. That’s what he was missing in Test cricketHe added: “This movement, balance and real bat speed when he needs it.” Given his recent poor career in Test cricket, Warner faced a lot of criticism for publicly declaring that he hoped to end his Test career after this series in Sydney, by his former teammate Mitchell Johnson.
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Johnson felt that the series was against… Pakistan It should have been used to choose Warner’s successor. However, Healy feels the southpaw’s century in difficult conditions won Australia the match in Perth.
“His 160 in the first innings won us a Test in Perth. It wasn’t easy. I looked at it from afar on Thursday afternoon and said, ‘Oh my God, I don’t want to be a Pakistani.’ They will feel a foot shorter than they already are.” Tomorrow afternoon without knowing how difficult the conditions would be.
“Pakistan may have missed the trick in the first session (on day one), as their bowling was so short, but I don’t know anyone else who can make 160 so quickly in difficult conditions.
“I like the way Michael Slater made the batting conditions difficult in the second innings. Mark Waugh can also make fun of the difficult conditions, but David Warner was brilliant.”
(with PTI inputs)