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Raring to go, says Warner

Back in the Australian squad after missing out due to the birth of his second daughter, Indi Rae, David Warner feels refreshed and is raring to go.

Our Bureau Published 20.01.16, 12:00 AM
David Warner

Calcutta: Back in the Australian squad after missing out due to the birth of his second daughter, Indi Rae, David Warner feels refreshed and is raring to go.

Despite being away from the team, Warner said he was glued to the television and hardly missed a moment of the series so far as Australia have already taken an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series.

According to Warner, the way his teammates have batted in the first three matches has been phenomenal. "I feel refreshed and am raring to go," Warner said after Tuesday's practice session, at the Manuka Oval, in Canberra.

"The way we're going out there and addressing the situation, especially when we are batting, is phenomenal. Credit goes to our batsmen."

It was nice for Warner to have a short break from the game, but he doesn't like missing too much of it. "It only means that at the end of the day, you are giving an opportunity to someone else," said the left-hander.

"It's good to have a bit of a break, but you have got to come back, be switched on and got to score runs as well. It's a fickle game. If you are out of form, it could cost you a spot for a year or two," he added.

Heaping praise on the batsmen for having chased down big totals to a nicety thrice so far in the series, Warner hopes the middle order will continue to spur things up if Australia are to set a total. "Having the momentum of chasing big totals down gives you a little bit of an added advantage, where you are confident with your abilities and you backing your batsmen, mainly the middle order.

"We have been spoken about addressing the fact that our middle order hasn't really been performing in all three forms. But at the moment, our middle order is galvanising so well together that we are actually chasing down these big totals.

"We hope that we can do so even when we are setting the total," he explained.

Bowlers' job has become tougher due to flat decks produced for one-day cricket these days, Warner agreed. "In any kind of cricket, all you want is early wickets.

"I think one-day cricket now is being played along the lines of Test cricket in the first 10 overs. Then they (batsmen) will look to accelerate in the middle part and obviously look to finish it off. It's quite challenging for the opening bowlers.

"They've got to bowl good lines and lengths. Given the flat wickets around the world in ODI cricket, you just got to dry the runs up and create pressure. It's very hard when the ball is not swinging in these conditions.

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