Warner will get backing from Taylor forward of Ashes and ICC World Test Championship last

Former Australia captain Mark Taylor has backed David Warner to play within the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) last towards India at The Oval in June and to additionally characteristic within the preliminary stage of the Ashes 2023 in England.

Warner has gone by means of a lean patch in Test cricket because the begin of 2021, averaging beneath 39 and his returns have been peculiar, particularly within the final two years.

Despite scoring a double century (200) within the Melbourne Test in December 2022 towards South Africa — his solely Test hundred since January 2020 — Warner averaged 30.05 in 11 video games final 12 months. In the three Test matches that he performed this 12 months, Warner has managed a mere 36 runs at 9.00.

Warner, 36, has up to now spoken about retiring from Test cricket with the intention to push on within the shorter codecs, and his participation was thought-about uncertain for the subsequent red-ball assignments for Australia, particularly after his horrendous run in India with the bat.

However, former Australia captain and commentator Taylor has backed Warner to make the minimize within the squad for the WTC last and the Ashes.

Taylor informed AAP on Tuesday, “If I am reading the tea leaves right, it sounds like they will stick with David for the World Test Championship (final) at The Oval. And if that’s the way Australia is thinking about the World Test Championship, then yes, they have to start with him for the Ashes.” But regardless of his current struggles in red-ball cricket, Warner has delivered in a forgettable marketing campaign for Delhi Capitals within the ongoing Indian Premier League, scoring three half-centuries to make 228 runs in 5 matches at 45.60.

Taylor, who led Australia in 26 wins, 13 losses and 11 attracts as captain in 50 Tests, added that he want to see right-handed opener Cameron Bancroft within the workforce.

“It would be very hard to have Usman Khawaja and Warner open the batting and then change a week later for the first Test at Edgbaston. My old way of thinking, I always like a right and left-hander combination. So I would love to see Cameron Bancroft get another opportunity at the top of the order,” Taylor stated.

“I see (Matt) Renshaw has been making runs in New Zealand (for Australia A), but Bancroft has made a heap of runs in the Australian summer,” Taylor added.

Taylor additionally highlighted that resulting from his peculiar fielding abilities, opening batter Marcus Harris won’t be most well-liked.

“One thing I do like about Bancroft, which I also like about Renshaw, is their ability to catch in the field. In the next year or two, we’re going to need to find two openers. The one thing that has worried me about Marcus Harris is his fielding.

“The way this series is looking like panning out, fielding is going to be crucial. I think that will go against someone like Marcus Harris, whose fielding is not great,” Taylor defined.