Dear David Warner, I am writing to you today after I saw that you have offered to buy any of your doubters, any of your naysayers, any of your critics a beer. Now I’ll be honest with you Mr Warner, I fit that description. I am a naysayer, I have been very critical of you […]
The Liebke Report Card: Warner’s exit was a dream, except it’s that one where you’ve lost your clothes/baggy green
To the SCG for David Warner’s farewell, which must have felt like a dream for the veteran opener. In particular, one of those dreams in which you’re back at high school, taking your final tests. Or one where you realise you’re out in public not wearing any clothes. Or, in Warner’s case, a combination thereof, […]
Reaction: Warner ‘packed a wine or two’ as legend puts ‘full stop on remarkable career’
The curtain has come down on David Warner’s career, with the Aussie legend wiping a tear from his eye as he reflected on his final innings at his home ground in Sydney. “I packed a wine or two,” he joked. “I felt happy and really, really proud. “To come here in front of a home […]
A farewell to remember: Warner wows SCG one last time to end Test career with a win as Aussies polish off Pakistan
It wasn’t pretty and they’ve played much better during their recent golden run but Australia sealed a 3-0 series sweep of Pakistan at the SCG with David Warner farewelling Test cricket on a high, signing off with a memorable half-century in a successful run chase. Warner shook off the nerves of the occasion and Australia’s […]
Musical venues: Finding a solution to the curse of rain-affected New Year’s Tests
There are very few things quite so depressing during a Test match as the massive white (or pink) covers stretched across the pitch and surrounding square. Unfortunately, those covers are becoming a regular fixture during the Sydney New Year Test, so much so that, in recent years, a chorus of pleas have echoed for the […]