After the Sydney Thunder have been eradicated from the Big Bash, Australia opener David Warner gave his younger teammates a parting piece of recommendation: Leaving a legacy in cricket means pursuing a Test profession.
Warner revealed fears for the way forward for Test cricket on the Australian Cricket Awards on Monday, saying youthful gamers have begun setting their sights on profitable franchise offers fairly than the dishevelled inexperienced.
Tim David’s $1.53 million contract eventually 12 months’s IPL public sale was the richest by an Australian that 12 months and proved once-and-for-all that abroad gamers needn’t have made a reputation for themselves at Test stage to attain large bucks in white-ball competitions.
Dan Christian, Chris Lynn and Marcus Stoinis are among the many different lively Australians to have turn out to be family names, toured the world and earned vital cash all with out enjoying Test cricket.
While Warner’s Thunder function among the greatest younger expertise in Australia, together with Ollie Davies, Tanveer Sangha and Jason Sangha, Warner doubted whether or not the following era have been all-in on enjoying Test cricket.
“I was speaking to (Davies) the other day. He likes playing white-ball cricket, I can’t see him playing red-ball cricket any time soon,” Warner instructed reporters.
“If he wants to put his mind to it, he can definitely play.
“But I’ve got a little bit of scaredness about what’s going to happen in the next five to 10 years, where cricket is actually heading.
“I’d love for guys coming through to play red-ball cricket and play Test cricket because that’s the legacy that you should want to leave behind.
“Playing in the Test arena is amazing. Pardon the pun but it’s a true test of cricket and how well you measure up to the greats of the game.”
Warner resides proof it’s attainable to parlay white-ball brilliance into worldwide honours; when he was picked for the T20I facet in 2009, he turned the primary man since 1877 to debut for Australia with out enjoying a first-class sport. He has gone on to play a century of Tests.
And as he reaches the twilight of his worldwide profession, Warner is urging the following era of T20 weapons not to surrender their likelihood to forge a global profession in all three codecs.
If for no different motive, he says enjoying Test cricket might give gamers a greater likelihood of attracting abroad franchise curiosity.
“Guys see the short-term at the moment with all the leagues and stuff around,” he stated.
“The best way to get value for your currency is actually making a name for yourself.
“There’s only been a small minority of people who have been able to do that and have a long career (without playing Test cricket).”
Next month’s Test tour of India is about to be Warner’s final within the subcontinent.
After his BBL cameo, the 36-year-old admitted the busy worldwide schedule had begun to meet up with him however is backing himself and his teammates to hit the bottom working in India.
“As soon as we get over there and we’re ready to practice, we’ll switch on,” he stated.
“For us (now), it’s about trying to relax and switch the mind off.
“If you think too far ahead, it can be very, very exhausting.”
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
