Coach confronts jarring David Warner question

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Australian manager Andrew McDonald has revealed David Warner remains successful his plans for Test matches beyond the South Africa bid contempt the seasoned opener's rocky tally successful caller times.

After facing South Africa successful 3 Tests astatine the Gabba, the MCG and the SCG, with the archetypal acceptable to statesman connected Saturday, Australia will play 4 distant Tests successful India crossed February and March.

The Australians are besides eyeing June's World Test Championship last astatine The Oval and are successful a premier presumption to qualify, having rocketed to the apical of the array with 8 wins from 12 matches.

Warner has averaged conscionable 28.12 implicit his past six Test bid and hasn't scored a Test period since compiling an unbeaten 111 against New Zealand astatine the SCG successful January 2020.

The left-hander was dismissed for 5, 48, 21 and 28 successful the Test bid against the West Indies, which wrapped up arsenic Australia won by 419 runs connected Sunday.

But earlier flying from Adelaide to Brisbane for the archetypal Test against South Africa astatine the Gabba, McDonald said helium wasn't yet acrophobic astir Warner's rut.

"Not astatine this stage," McDonald said.

"His appetite for the enactment successful and astir grooming is inactive there.

"He's engaged astatine the crease and you've seen signs that helium is going well.

"He's conscionable recovered antithetic ways to get out, and sometimes that tin happen.

"He's anxious to proceed connected astatine this stage; helium hasn't hinted thing else.

"We are gathering towards a World Test Championship (final) and helium wants to beryllium portion of that, truthful that's a wide absorption for us, and we've got South Africa ... and past (we'll be) connected to India.

"So there's nary denotation of thing other astatine the moment."

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Warner averages lone 24.25 from 8 Tests successful India, wherever the shot keeps little and is much conducive to spin, and he's yet to ton up.

"At this stage, we've got him successful our plans for India," McDonald nevertheless said.

"We'll spot what happens successful the adjacent 3 Test matches, but astatine this signifier he's firmly successful our thoughts.

"There's been immoderate challenging conditions successful India … (and) there's nary uncertainty we're going to beryllium challenged there, but archetypal and foremost we've got South Africa (and we'll) navigate done that."

Although Warner hasn't made a Test ton since starring against New Zealand astatine the SCG successful 2020, helium doubly fell successful the 90s during past summer's Ashes.

There's nary denying Warner's lasting arsenic a large Australian Test opener; he's chalked up 7919 runs astatine the mean of 46.04 and sits successful adjacent eighth connected the database of astir Test centuries by Australians, having struck 24 tons successful 98 matches. The erstwhile Test vice-captain besides has a triple period to his sanction and the accelerated strike-rate of 71.23.

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McDonald was straightforward erstwhile asked however the enactment sheet could decipher if Warner's diminution was impermanent oregon if his sparkling vocation was rapidly fizzling to an end.

"If you support picking him and helium makes runs, past you cognize he's back," McDonald said.

"And if you support picking him and helium doesn't, past he's astir apt connected the fade.

"I deliberation it's arsenic elemental arsenic that."

Warner sensationally withdrew his entreaty of his beingness enactment ban connected the eve of the Adelaide Test against the West Indies, citing "offensive comments" allegedly made by the ineligible counsel assisting the autarkic sheet employed by Cricket Australia.

Warner also said helium wasn't prepared for a "public lynching" to heap much "anguish" connected him and his family.

"I deliberation he's shown successful the past that helium tin determination guardant beauteous quick," McDonald said.

"He's large astatine compartmentalising, separating the off-field from the on-field, and I deliberation astir of the large champions bash that precise well.

"I consciousness this concern is not different.

"We respect and recognize David's determination to retreat from that appeals process.

"He's moved forward, we're moving guardant arsenic a squad and we've got a earnestly bully hostile confronting america astatine the Gabba, truthful our absorption is firmly connected that. And truthful is David's."

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