David Warner can continue playing Test cricket for another year if he continues his imperious form displayed against Pakistan in the just concluded first Test in Perth, former Australia wicketkeeper Ian Healy said. (Cricket News | December 18 Blog)
"What I love about him is his durability. We all know how fit he must be because he's maintained his pace between w🐼ickets. I just love the way that he kept going and 💎his feet moved," Healy said on SEN Radio.
"This is the bit I agree about Mitchꦺell Johnson and what he said about, ‘Why have a swansong, your last three years hasn't been very good and now you're picking the way you can retire’.
"But if he bats like t🌳hat, he can go another year for min൩e (me) until he doesn't want to play anymore.That's what he's been missing in Test cricket, that footwork, balance and real bat speed when he needed it," he added.
Given his recent poor run in Test cricket, David Warner faced a lot of criticism for publicly announcing🍰 he hopes to finish his Test career ൩after this series in Sydney by former teammate Mitchell Johnson.
Johnson felt that the series against Pakistan should have been used to pick Warner's successor. However, Healy feels the southpaw's century i💎n difficult conditions won Australia the match in﷽ Perth.
"That 160 he made in the first innings won us a Test in Perth. It wasn't easy. I looked at it from afar on Thursday afternoon and I said, ‘Oh, jeez, I👍 wouldn't like to be Pakistan’, they are going to feel about a foot shorter than they actually are tomorrow afternoon not knowing how difficult the conditions were.
"Maybe Pakistan missed the trick in the first session (on Day 1), bowling too sh𝐆ort, but I don't know of anyone else that can make 16𝄹0 that quick in tough conditions.
"I like the way Michael Slater made tough second innings batting conditions look. Mark Wau♚gh could also make a mockery out of tough conditions, but David Warner was outstanding."
