David Warner, who declared his retirement from international cricket, said he would be open to participating in the ODI Champions Trophy next year, but he will not be given any consideration.
Warner reiterated his demand for the Champions Trophy in a recent social media post after the T20 World Cup concluded, which signaled the end of his Australian career, just as he did in January when he said that the ODI World Cup of last year would be the last one in which he would play in the format. However, Australia’s national selector George Bailey stated that loooooooo.l= was regarded as totally retired and that one should respect his history as an all-format player.
“Our understanding is that warner is retired, and [he] should be commended on what has been an incredible career across all three formats,” Bailey stated. “We definitely don’t plan on his being in Pakistan.
You never know when Bull will make a joke.believe he’s only stirring things up a little. His career has been amazing, and we should all be happy for him. As time passes and we consider the impact he has had on Australia, we can only imagine that his legend as a player will only get stronger. However, it will be great to see this team’s progress and the transfer to some new players—in his case, across all three forms.”
Bailey clarified that despite their shift in attention to the future, the selectors were still keeping an eye on other white-ball cricket players. In particular, they were keeping Cooper Connolly and Jake Fraser-McGurk in the T20I squad for their tours of Scotland and England, which came after the Super Eight exit in the West Indies.
Although it hasn’t been confirmed, Matthew Wade appears to have played his final game for Australia after being left out. Prior to the 2026 T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka, Mitchell Starc and Glenn Maxwell have been rested from the Twenty20 Internationals, but there have been no talks about their longer-term future in the format. There are nine Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) left for Australia this year, three against Scotland, England, and Pakistan each. After that, the format won’t be played again until July of next year in the West Indies, when 17 matches will take place before the next World Cup, according to the Future Tours Programme.
“I don’t think there’s anyone who’s not there that we’ve put a line through permanently besides Warner,” Bailey stated. “We are using this team in this manner. It’s possible that Wadey won’t return if chances present themselves or there are holes at other times, but for now, we are eager to give Josh [Inglis] a chance.
“We haven’t talked to those guys [Starc and Maxwell] about where they think their T20 careers may end, but given that the next T20 World Cup is in 2026, I expect there may be more changes than what we are seeing in this group.
Bailey expressed disappointment at how quickly Australia’s hopes of winning the T20 World Cup last month were dashed, citing their losses against Afghanistan and India as the main reasons.
“Still think that T20 side, the foundation of it, is a really, really good team,” he stated. We didn’t feel that we had to tear everything down and start over. However, it’s also a fantastic chance to begin getting to know some other males. Cooper is one player who hasn’t had much of an opportunity, and there are several other players who have gone on various tours and played one or two games but not much. I’m thrilled to watch them have a little more opportunity and begin to figure out how they fit within that squad or club.”
In addition, he lauded Mitchell Marsh’s captaincy, saying that Marsh will guide both teams throughout the UK tour while Pat Cummins sits out the entire duration to focus on conditioning in preparation for the home summer.
“I loved the way he captained through the T20 World Cup,” Bailey stated. “His vision for leading that squad was quite obvious. He shared everyone’s disappointment that we were unable to reach the desired outcome, but based on his early success record as a T20 captain, he has performed admirably.”
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