David Warner draws curtain on 12-year Test career | Cricket News – Times of India
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SYDNEY: David Warner exits Test cricket this week as one of the best openers the world has known, but his exploits will forever be overshadowed by the role he played in the notorious ball-tampering scandal of 2018.The polarising 37-year-old Australian will pad up for an emotional farewell at the Sydney Cricket Ground in the third Test against Pakistan after a career that began when he faced New Zealand at Brisbane in 2011.In his 111 Tests, the left-hander has plundered 8,695 runs at an average of 44.58, with 26 centuries and 36 half-centuries.A larger-than-life character, Warner also collected 89 catches as one of the most consistent slip fielders in the game."He is probably our greatest ever three-format player. He'll be a loss," Australian coach Andrew McDonald said on Saturday....