AUS vs PAK: Warner set for Sydney farewell as Australia names unchanged squad

David Warner has been given the hometown farewell from Test cricket he craved after the opening batter was named in an unchanged Australia line-up for the third and ultimate Test in opposition to Pakistan in Sydney subsequent week.

Warner mentioned in June he needed to name time on his 12-year Test profession on the Sydney Cricket Ground and, with the Australians holding an unassailable 2-0 lead within the sequence, the 37-year-old has been granted his want.

“The National Selection Panel have retained the same squad from Melbourne to Sydney as we look to clean sweep the test series,” chief selector George Bailey mentioned.

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“We look forward to celebrating David Warner’s final test match and his incredible career at his home ground.”

Sydneysider Warner went into the present sequence with query marks over his kind as a result of an absence of Test runs, however a rapidfire 164 within the first innings of the opening take a look at in Perth erased any doubts over his place within the staff.

Australia gained that Test by 360 runs earlier than Pat Cummins placed on a man-of-the-match efficiency to seal the second Test in Melbourne final week, the captain taking 10 wickets as Pakistan misplaced by 79 runs in 4 days.

The sequence win was the fourth in a row at dwelling for the Australians, who’ve gained 10 Tests out of 12 since Cummins took over as captain forward of the 2021-22 Ashes sequence.

Pakistan will go into the assembly on the Sydney Cricket Ground on the lookout for its first Test win in Australia for practically three many years.