Former Australia opener David Warner has backed Nathan McSweeney to score the most runs in the test series against India despite the uncapped batsman's lack of experience as an opener.
Australia's Usman Khawaja said his new opening partner Nathan McSweeney should not feel the need to imitate the quick-scoring approach of David Warner in the test series against India.
Warner's life ban from leadership roles in Australian cricket due to his role in 'Sandpaper-gate' was lifted last month by Cricket Australia (CA).
The lifetime ban from holding leadership positions in Australian cricket imposed on David Warner for his part in the 2018 ball-tampering scandal has been lifted, Cricket Australia (CA) said on Friday.
“Honestly, if they really needed myself for this series, I’m more than happy to play the next Shield game and go out there and play (the first Test)," Warner said.
Short blasted 41 off 26 balls against England and shared a blistering opening partnership with Travis Head as Australia won the first Twenty20 by a comfortable 28 runs in Southampton.
Warner bowed out of international cricket with Australia's exit from the T20 World Cup, and the hard-hitting Fraser-McGurk has been seen as his natural successor following his sensational Indian Premier League campaign.
"I will continue to play franchise cricket for a while, and I am also open to playing for (Australia) in the Champions Trophy if selected," said Warner.
Australia and Warner could only watch on powerless as Afghanistan instead reached the semi-finals by beating Bangladesh by a nail-biting eight runs.
Former Australia opener David Warner has backed Nathan McSweeney to score the most runs in the test series against India despite the uncapped batsman's lack of experience as an opener.
Australia's Usman Khawaja said his new opening partner Nathan McSweeney should not feel the need to imitate the quick-scoring approach of David Warner in the test series against India.
Warner's life ban from leadership roles in Australian cricket due to his role in 'Sandpaper-gate' was lifted last month by Cricket Australia (CA).
The lifetime ban from holding leadership positions in Australian cricket imposed on David Warner for his part in the 2018 ball-tampering scandal has been lifted, Cricket Australia (CA) said on Friday.
“Honestly, if they really needed myself for this series, I’m more than happy to play the next Shield game and go out there and play (the first Test)," Warner said.
Short blasted 41 off 26 balls against England and shared a blistering opening partnership with Travis Head as Australia won the first Twenty20 by a comfortable 28 runs in Southampton.
Warner bowed out of international cricket with Australia's exit from the T20 World Cup, and the hard-hitting Fraser-McGurk has been seen as his natural successor following his sensational Indian Premier League campaign.
"I will continue to play franchise cricket for a while, and I am also open to playing for (Australia) in the Champions Trophy if selected," said Warner.
Australia and Warner could only watch on powerless as Afghanistan instead reached the semi-finals by beating Bangladesh by a nail-biting eight runs.
The left-handed opener is within touching distance of becoming the first Aussie to reach 1000 runs in T20 World Cups. Warner so far has scored 975 runs in 39 matches.
