David Warner hints at retirement from Test cricket in a year

Australia opening batter David Warner has hinted at retirement from Test cricket next year, but he may continue playing white-ball cricket.

The 36-year-old left-handed batter gave an indication of this on 'Triple M's Deadset Legends' show.

"Test cricket will probably be the first one to fall off. Potentially it could be my last 12 months in Test cricket," PTI quoted Warner as saying.


Warner, however, made clear he intends to play in both the 50-over World Cup to be held in India in October-November next year and the next T20 World Cup in the Caribbean and USA in 2024.

""T20 cricket - I love the game. I will be looking to get to 2024," he said, adding that he loves the white ball game.

Warner's comments came after Australia made an early exit from the T20 World Cup. He averaged just 11 in the tournament, with three single digit scores followed by 25 against Afghanistan.

The swashbuckling batter has played 96 Test matches since making his debut in 2011 and has scored 7817 runs at an average of 46.52 with 24 hundreds and 34 fifties.

He has also played 138 ODIs (5799 runs at 44.60 average) and 99 T20Is (2894 runs at 32.88 average).

Australia's Test team is set to play in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in India from February to March and Ashes in England from June 16 to July 31.

Warner, whose lifetime captaincy ban could be lifted soon, said he wants to pass his cricketing knowledge to younger players.

"It's about my knowledge of the game and passing it down to younger kids (as a captain)," he said.