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AUS Vs PAK, David Warner Retirement: Legendary Australia Opener Expresses Coaching Ambition After Farewell Test

David Warner played his final Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground, helping Australia sweep the series 3-0 against Pakistan. He has already announced retirement from ODIs but will be available for T20Is and T20 leagues across the globe

Australia's David Warner bats against Pakistan on the fourth day of their cricket Test match in Sydney.
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Batting great David Warner has expressed his ambition to take up coaching in future, while also predicting that sledging will be gone from the sport within the next decade as players of different countries share dressing rooms in domestic leagues like IPL. ()

The 37-year-old Warner played his final Test at the SCG on Saturday, helping Australia sweep the series 3-0 against Pakistan. He has already announced retirement from ODIs but will be available for T20Is and T20 leagues across the globe.

바카라Yeah, I바카라ve got ambitions later down the track to potentially coach," Warner told 'Fox Cricket'.

"I바카라ll have to speak with the wife first to see if I바카라m allowed a few more days away.바카라

The left-handed opening batter was known for his aggressive behaviour against opposition players before the Cape Town ball-tampering saga in 2018.

Earlier this week, Australian opener Usman Khawaja claimed that the coaching staff instructed Warner to sledge opponents during the early stages of his Test career, with the Newlands sandpaper scandal prompting an overhaul of the team바카라s culture.

바카라When I came into the team, the way that I went about it on the field was to get in people바카라s faces, to upset them and to get them off their rhythm when they바카라re batting. I was moulded into being that person."

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He said the art of sledging will soon become a thing of the past courtesy of T20 franchise leagues such as the Indian Premier League, where cricketers share change rooms with their opponents, according to the 'Fox Cricket' report.

바카라I don바카라t think you바카라ll see that kind of sledging or anything like that anymore. I think it바카라ll be just like a bit of laughter, a bit of banter, like me and Shaheen Shah Afridi (in the Test against Pakistan).

바카라I think that바카라s probably the way forward. I don바카라t think you바카라ll see that old aggression again," he said.

바카라It will change. In five, ten years바카라 time, if I am coaching, I think the whole dynamic will be changing, and it바카라ll be more about cricket specifics and how you바카라re winning games, and not about how you get on the skin of batsmen when you바카라re out there.바카라

Warner finished his Test career with 8786 runs at an average of 44.59, including 26 centuries and 37 fifties. He is Australia바카라s fifth-leading run-scorer in Test history.

He is also Australia's second most prolific batter in international cricket with 18612 runs across formats after the legendary Ricky Ponting (27368 runs).

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