Warner trusts his attacking instincts to serve him properly in closing Ashes

Jun 29, 2023 at 5:54 PM
Warner trusts his attacking instincts to serve him properly in closing Ashes

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t might need lacked the sheer impudence of Zak Crawley’s first-ball 4 in Birmingham, however David Warner’s aggressive begin to yesterday’s Second Ashes Test was precisely the form of innings England demand from their very own openers.

The runs have been one factor — 66 of them coming in simply 88 balls, the primary time Warner had made a half-century on these shores because the 2015 sequence. But maybe extra essential was that commodity England place a lot worth on when, for example, defending Crawley’s place within the aspect, particularly, momentum.