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Going into 2024, David Warner’s impending retirement from Test cricket begged the question: who would take his place at the top of the order?…
The imminent death of Test cricket has been discussed for decades. From the inception of Kerry Packer’s World Series Cricket in 1977 to Andrew…
The 2022 English summer of cricket concluded with a three-match ODI series between England and India's women's teams, of which the final match was a very sentimental one for India, due to being Jhulan Goswami's final international appearance.
All careers come to an end at some point. Some players are axed and never given another chance. Others retire on their own terms…
Who will partner David Warner? With an Ashes series on the horizon, this is the question that Australia is most struggling to definitively answer.…
There’s no said age that one can’t play on past, but the mid-30s is generally when most players have either already retired or at least considered it. Of course, you have your Jimmy Andersons who defy age expertly, but judging by their interviews, I doubt Khawaja and Warner will still be playing Test cricket in five years.
Khawaja has said he considered his career over for a brief moment between his last stint for Australia and his current one, and Warner specifically citing goals for next year say that he wants to keep going, but doesn’t see himself remaining for too long. If they do somehow manage to press on for years coming, that would be bad news for the current crop of Sheffield Shield openers.
When will Warner and Khawaja call time, and why does that matter?
Sounds like a selfish attitude. If you were a bowler, would you deliberately butcher a regulation run out just to “potentially get” that wicket yourself, as opposed to winning the match for your team?
Frown upon it if you will, but the 'Mankad' is not unsportsmanlike