Australia's David Warner announces retirement from ODIs two days before final Test appearance

Australia opener David Warner ushered in the New Year by announcing his retirement from One-Day Internationals (ODI), but didn’t rule out the possibility of representing Australia in the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy. Warner’s announcement comes two days before he is set to make his final Test appearance — against Pakistan in the New Year’s Test in Sydney. Warner had already announced his intentions to retire from the red-ball game in that fixture, and by quitting the 50-over format, he will shift his focus solely to T20Is with the World Cup set to take place in the Caribbean and the United States later this year. Warner’s announcement also comes a month-and-a-half after Australia’s victory in the ODI World Cup in India, in which the southpaw finished with 535 runs in 11 outings — the most by an Australian in the 13th edition of the tournament. Warner also added that he would be open to playing the 2025 Champions Trophy, which is set to be hosted by Pakistan, if he’s still playing “decent cricket” and the team needs his services. “I’m definitely retiring from one-day cricket as well. That was something that I had said through the World Cup, get through that, and winning it in India, I think that’s a massive achievement. “So I’ll make that decision today, to retire from those forms, which does allow me to go and play some other leagues around the world and sort of get the one-day team moving forward a little bit. I know there’s a Champions Trophy coming up. If I’m playing decent cricket in two years’ time and I’m around and they need someone, I’m going to be available,” Warner said at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Monday two days before the third and final Test against Pakistan. Read | David Warner picks Marcus Harris as his replacement in Tests Warner added that the decision is something that he is “very, very comfortable with”. “It was a decision that I was very, very comfortable with. To win in India, from where we were, was absolutely amazing. “When we lost two games in a row in India, the bond just got stronger with each other and it’s not by fluke or by chance that we were able to get to where we were. The heroics of Maxi (Glenn Maxwell), the captaincy and the skills and execution of the way that we played against India was phenomenal, and not to dismiss the Kolkata semi-final as well,” added Warner, who represents Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League. Watch: David Warner receives standing ovation, expresses gratitude at MCG Warner retires from the format with nearly 7,000 runs (6,932) to his name from 161 appearances at an average of 45.30, collecting 11 centuries along the way. He ends his ODI career as Australia’s sixth-highest run-scorer and also has the most centuries behind former captain Ricky Ponting.