Enduring David Warner remains Australia’s best option ahead of his 100th Test | Geoff Lemon
While the week leading up should be one of celebration, right now it comes shot through with strong strands of negativity. Warner’s returns with the bat have diminished, and while opinions vary as much as on any subject, there is increasing noise about whether his milestone should also be a stop sign.
When an older player fades, speculation grows in aggression. Some observers seem personally affronted that a player is still out there when that person thinks they should be done. They begin to take enjoyment in failures, given that those failures validate the argument, and the argument validates the credentials of the observer. The idea that most of us don’t have a clue what is happening most of the time is not readily embraced.
Interpreting stats to suit an argument is a part of cricket as old and intrinsic as spot-fixing and ball-tampering. It’s popular at the moment to cite Warner’s zero centuries in three years, less so to note that injury and the pandemic kept him to two matches in the first two years of that span.
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