David Warner notched up his 16th ton in ODIs after slamming 166 against Bangladesh in Nottingham to draw level with the Australian great Adam Gilchrist. Warner though confessed that he was just grateful to be playing cricket for his country and wanted to be remembered as someone who gave it his all.
“Just as an Australian cricket player. I’m just so grateful for being able to have the opportunity to play for Australia and to be along the lines — be in the same sentence as Adam Gilchrist is fantastic and it’s overwhelming,” Warner said.
“He’s a bit more of a dash than what I am at the top of the order. But he obviously holds his own with the gloves and with the bat. But for me, it’s just about going out there and to give my best, to be honest, and that’s all I want to be remembered for, is someone who gives 110 percent when I go out in the field and be myself.”
Captain Aaron Finch had earlier talked about Australia not batting as well as they should and after putting up 381 on board, Warner said that it was a good day out for the batting unit as a whole.
“Keeps getting better for us — another two points, which is fantastic. Form is always great. My job is to go out there and score some runs and get us off on a good start and capitalise with some momentum, and try to bat as deep as we can. And today was a good sort of hit out for us batters. I think it was a very good wicket, a challenging wicket for bowlers, to get wickets. I felt that we just had to keep going deep. And we were able to do that.”
