The burning Warner query that needs answering

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Pressure connected David Warner is continuing to equine aft a first-ball duck successful the archetypal Test against South Africa astatine the Gabba.

Warner faced the caller shot against Proteas speedy Kagiso Rabada, who sent a well-directed abbreviated shot towards Warner's ribs.

He succeeded lone successful fending the shot to Khaya Zondo, who took a superb drawback astatine abbreviated leg.

"A bully abbreviated one, David Warner conscionable took his oculus disconnected the shot (and) got it precocious connected the bat," Mark Waugh said successful commentary for Fox Cricket.

"Nothing's gone David Warner's mode – helium keeps making mistakes and keeps paying a precocious price."

Warner hasn't scored a period since the commencement of the pandemic, with January 2020 being the past clip helium tonned up.

Since the commencement of the past Ashes, Warner has averaged conscionable 21.8.

He's besides 36, and Australia's adjacent 2 planetary tours - an Ashes bid successful England and a circuit of India - are not places he's traditionally done good at.

Assuming he's picked, Warner volition play his 100th trial astatine the MCG adjacent week.

Former Test skipper Ricky Ponting said helium wouldn't enactment it past Warner to people a 100 successful that lucifer and shush the naysayers.

"He is simply a champion subordinate - you ne'er constitute disconnected champion players ever," Ponting said connected Channel 7.

"He is going done a thin trot present - we each privation to spot him scoring runs.

"When helium finishes, helium deserves to spell retired connected his term. He has been a magnificent stalwart for Australian cricket."

Ponting said Warner would person been disappointed to person not made large scores against the West Indies, but helium deserved the accidental to spell retired connected his ain accord.

"That is the astir disappointing happening for David. He got those 20s, and got the starts against the West Indies and didn't spell connected erstwhile everyone other astatine the apical made the astir of a anemic West Indian side.

"He deserves the accidental to decorativeness the mode helium wants to finish. I would hatred to spot him get to an Indian circuit oregon astatine the commencement of the Ashes circuit and past get the pat connected the shoulder.

"That would beryllium a disappointing mode for his vocation to end."

Despite an aboriginal illness to commencement Australia's innings, a beardown 117-run concern betwixt Steve Smith and Travis Head offered a reprisal.

With 2 precocious wickets connected the verge of stumps, the Aussies volition resume batting connected time 2 connected 5-145. They way by 7 runs aft South Africa acceptable a people of 152 earlier successful the day.

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