David Warner to retire from Test cricket in 2023-24 summer

Veteran opener wants to bow out in New Year’s Test in SydneyWarner will open in World Test championship on Wednesday

David Warner has laid out his ideal plan for retirement across Australian cricket’s three formats, the opener eyeing a hometown Sydney Test farewell this coming January. That would follow an exit from one-day cricket at the 50-over World Cup the previous November, before carrying on in the shortest form until the T20 World Cup in June 2024.

“That’s pending on what you guys write, and whether the selectors pick me,” he told reporters at Australia’s training ground in Beckenham ahead of the World Test Championship final against India in London this week and the Ashes series to follow.

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