{"id":428147,"date":"2024-10-23T19:58:13","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T19:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=428147"},"modified":"2024-10-23T23:09:58","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T23:09:58","slug":"go-away-david-brutal-reaction-to-warner-offer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=428147","title":{"rendered":"'Go away, David': Brutal reaction to Warner offer"},"content":{"rendered":"

If David Warner<\/a> was simply looking for a reaction\ufeff with his out-of-the-blue comments this week, he has certainly succeeded.<\/p>\n

The response to the former Test opener's offer to come out of retirement<\/a> has been swift and brutal.<\/p>\n

\ufeffWarner – who will turn 38 later this month – was farewelled from Test cricket with a swansong at the SCG last summer that many pundits thought came three years too late.<\/p>\n

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In an interview with News Corp this week he said he was "dead serious" about a desire to return to the arena and don the baggy green against India this summer.<\/p>\n

Australia is searching for a new opening batter to partner Usman Khawaja and no one has been bashing down the selectors' door.\ufeff<\/p>\n

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But it seems almost nobody with a voice in Australian cricket is even slightly keen to see the fiery left-hand slugger back in the team.<\/p>\n

"\ufeffI think Davey is being Davey and he is looking for a reaction," Warner's former opening partner Chris Rogers told media on Wednesday, trying but failing to stifle a giggle.<\/p>\n

"\ufeffI had to laugh. I thought to myself maybe I should come to this press conference and say 'I'm ready to go'.<\/p>\n

"But then I did see Mitch Starc bowling (in the Sheffield Shield) \ufeffand I thought no chance."<\/p>\n

Starc was throwing down thunderbolts \ufefffor New South Wales against Victoria in what was the final red-ball match for Australia's Test players before the Border-Gavaskar series opener in Perth next month.<\/p>\n

His NSW captain Moises Henriques was a little taken aback when asked if Warner could make a Shield return next match in preparation for a Test reappearance.<\/p>\n

"I'd have to have a conversation about the reasons that he wants to do it. Why?" Henriques said of Warner.<\/p>\n

"And then again it's another conversation with our selectors in terms of, I guess, are we holding back the next generation… or is it something that we need right now."<\/p>\n

If Warner had friends in the media during his Test career they were certainly quiet on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The Age's cricket writer Daniel Brettig wrote an article entitled "nobody wants this", while former News Corp heavy hitter Peter Lalor revealed he had received a call from Warner on Tuesday with a request to run the story.<\/p>\n

\"Warner's<\/p>\n

"This is a drive-by shooting from a bloke in a clown car," Lalor said on SEN radio.<\/p>\n

"Go away, David, we've had enough. It's not your time."<\/p>\n

Respected radio host and journalist Gerard Whateley is normally reserved in his criticism, but took both barrels to Warner in a column for SEN.\ufeff<\/p>\n

"\ufeffThe lack of awareness is breathtaking," Whateley wrote.<\/p>\n

"Australia indulged Warner too long, ignoring the urgent need for succession. And now that the successor is proving difficult to identify Warner thinks he's the solution. Could you imagine?<\/p>\n

"Do you think we could find the one person this morning who thinks this is a good idea?"<\/p>\n

Luckily for all and sundry, Aussie coach Andrew McDonald has already batted away Warner's offer.\ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If David Warner was simply looking for a reaction\ufeff with his out-of-the-blue comments this week, he has certainly succeeded. The response to the former Test […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":428149,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428147"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=428147"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":428152,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428147\/revisions\/428152"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/428149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=428147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=428147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=428147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}