Australia s newest sensation David Warner, who made an impressive Twenty20 International debut against South Africa last week, has expressed his desire to play Test cricket.
David Warner, who made history by becoming the first Australian cricketer in 132 years to represent his country without playing first-class cricket, is now aiming for a berth in the national Test team.
The 22-year old southpaw has had a busy week since his swashbuckling debut where he scored 89 runs off just 43 balls in the first Twenty20 International against the Proteas.
Although he could not replicate his hard-hitting ways in the second Twenty20 game, he had done enough to impress the selectors and was kept as a standby to Michael Clarke in the ODI team.
Once Clarke was declared fit, Warner was released from the team, but was recalled to the side only a few days later to play the second ODI after Clarke s injury re-occurred during the first ODI, ruling the vice-captain out of the remaining four games.
Warner made his ODI debut in today s match against the Proteas, but didn t achieve much success scoring only 5 runs in a match which his team won to the level the five-match ODI series at 1-1.
However Australia s first player since the nineteenth century to make his ODI debut without playing a first-class game now has his eyes set on making his debut in the longest format of the game as well.
`I want to play Test cricket and being an all-rounder can help me achieve that,`` Warner was quoted as saying by the Daily Telegraph.
A little known fact is that Warner, who has been nicknamed the Matraville Mauler after his blazing debut T20 knock, has been mentored by Australian spin-wizard Shane Warne with regard to his leg-spin.
In the nets at NSW, I`m always rolling the arm over. I know it`s different to bowling in a real match, but I don`t want to lose that part of my game, said the New South Wales batsman.
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