David Warner confirms ODI retirement ahead of Test farewell

Warner will be 41 when the next World Cup takes place in 2027, but he has left the door ajar for a Champions Trophy return in two years' time should Australia need him

Nick Friend | 01/01/2024 at 10:32

David Warner has announced his retirement from ODI cricket, while leaving the door open for a Champions Trophy return in 2025.

The Australian opener, who was part of the side that won the World Cup in India in November, is set to retire from Test cricket after the final match of the series against Pakistan in Sydney.

While there have been doubts over Warner's Test place in recent times, the same cannot be said of his white-ball position. He was the leading run-scorer at the recent World Cup and steps aside as the sixth-highest run-scorer in Australia's ODI history, with 6,932 in 161 appearances.

"I'm definitely retiring from one-day cricket as well," he said on Monday, speaking ahead of his Test farewell.

"That was something that I had said through the World Cup, get through that, and winning it in India, I think that's a massive achievement.

"So, I'll make that decision today, to retire from those forms, which does allow me to go and play some other leagues around the world and sort of get the one-day team moving forward a little bit.

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^{Warner is preparing for the final match of his Test career (Mark Evans/Getty Images)}

"I know there's a Champions Trophy coming up. If I'm playing decent cricket in two years' time and I'm around and they need someone, I'm going to be available."

Only Ricky Ponting has scored more ODI hundreds for Australia than Warner, who was already set to miss his country's next ODI engagement – a series against West Indies – to take up his contract in the ILT20, with the left-hander still keen to prolong his international career in the shortest format.

"It was a decision that I was very, very comfortable with," he said.

"To win in India, from where we were, was absolutely amazing. When we lost two games in a row in India, the bond just got stronger with each other and it's not by fluke or by chance that we were able to get to where we were. The heroics of Maxi (Glenn Maxwell), the captaincy and the skills and execution of the way that we played against India was phenomenal."