Warner fires warning shots - Cricket News Update
Australians are keeping themselves busy with firing warning shots at their opponents in order to create their typical pre-match hype. This time its http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 on a five-match One Day Internationals (ODI) series starting from Jun 29 at Lord’s.
Warner has assured his vicious switch hit to hit England hard and said that http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KP-Pietersen-c1806, recently retired from both shorter formats of the game, was the first one to employ it in his armory of shots.
Like his English counterpart, Warner has also developed a taste for it. He effectively executed it during a domestic T20 competition and then during the ODI against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Ashwin-c2228 became his victim.
The Aussie opener fancied his chances of taking the premier English spinner to task, even if it takes to defy the conventional laws of the game. "If I get the opportunity and they're willing to put http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ernest-William-Swanton-c56374 on early, I'll definitely be playing the switch-hit," Warner said.
"It has to be a period in the game where it's necessary for me to play it. If I find I'm bogged down a little or if I find there's a scoring shot or I want to move a fielder, I'll play that shot so he has two men behind point,” the News South Wales batsman said.
Australians are known for creating media hype as a tactic, by giving statements to pressurise their opposition in their build up for a tour. Warner’s comments came as part of a series. First it was the Aussie coach, coming out with the first word of caution for the English, assuring them to expect only aggression from the visitors, and then came http://www.senore.com/Cricket/IR-Bell-c1597 to be the prime target.
Australians have arrived with an extraordinary six fast bowlers with the clear intentions to rattle a strong English batting with the youth and experience in their pace battery. The Australians have started their English tour on a winning note by handing http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Leicestershire-c807 a convincing defeat and winning the match by 102 runs (D/L method).
Warner was the top-scorer with an imposing innings of 74, setting the tone for the rest of the series. "I have to keep going about my game how I do, and if it requires adjustment then I'm going to adjust," the left-hander said.
The visitors will next face a fast-improving Irish side in a one-off ODI on Jun 23 in Belfast.
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