Australia’s David Warner to retire from all three cricket formats over next year

Warner’s last Test to be in January after 50-over World CupVeteran opener will play on until T20 World Cup next June

David Warner has laid out his ideal plan for retirement across Australian cricket’s three formats, the opener eyeing a hometown Sydney Test farewell in January. That would follow an exit from one-day cricket at the 50-over World Cup in 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 before the World Test Championship final against India at the Oval, beginning on Wednesday, and the Ashes series to follow.

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