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[Number4]

Well done to a very deserved David Warner for winning the Allan Border medal 2 years in a row.

Is the best yet to come from the exciting left hand batsman?

[Over Gully]

Just turned 30, so he should be at his peak right now. He is comfortably the best opening batsman in the world, a genuine match-winner who can turn a game single-handedly, and there are only a handful of players in the world that can do that. For me he still has 2 things to conquer in the Test arena, that is India and England away. He is good enough but probably needs to rein his game in a bit, especially in England. When you go as hard at the ball as he does, when the conditions are doing a bit he will be vulnerable early. In 2015 he averaged 40 and passed 50 5 times but no hundreds, so he was nearly but not quite there. India he just needs to bat time and the runs will come.

[Number4]

I think he is improving as a test player... he is becoming more patient at the crease and this will hold hm in good stead for both India and England... True is isn't quite there but he isn't far off...

[langer17]

In 2015 he averaged 40 and passed 50 5 times but no hundreds, so he was nearly but not quite there. India he just needs to bat time and the runs will come.

Most players (as there are far more lower players than those at elite standards) would consider averaging 40 in test cricket an awesome year...Mitch Marsh haha. If his quiet year means he only averages 40 he's living the dream.

[Aussiecollector]

The reverend is in session , will see how his flat track skills are tested overseas , it will be his greatest challenge

[Over Gully]

Most players (as there are far more lower players than those at elite standards) would consider averaging 40 in test cricket an awesome year...Mitch Marsh haha. If his quiet year means he only averages 40 he's living the dream.

It is relative to your overall average I suppose. Warner in 2016 averaged about 37 in Tests. If that is his "bad" year, then you have to say that is at least serviceable. Probably all players have their weakness in certain countries. Sehwag had a very poor record in England. Ricky Ponting in India was well below his final Test average. Even if Warner doesn't quite work it out in England or India, should he maintain an average around the 50 mark he will go down as an all-time great, albeit with a question mark or a blot on the copybook.

[Number4]

Just turned 30, so he should be at his peak right now. He is comfortably the best opening batsman in the world, a genuine match-winner who can turn a game single-handedly, and there are only a handful of players in the world that can do that. For me he still has 2 things to conquer in the Test arena, that is India and England away. He is good enough but probably needs to rein his game in a bit, especially in England. When you go as hard at the ball as he does, when the conditions are doing a bit he will be vulnerable early. In 2015 he averaged 40 and passed 50 5 times but no hundreds, so he was nearly but not quite there. India he just needs to bat time and the runs will come.

In 2015 he actually averaged 54.87 and scored 4 x 100's and 7 x 50's from 13 matches and scoring 1317 runs... unless you are talking about just against England of course

[Over Gully]

In 2015 he actually averaged 54.87 and scored 4 x 100's and 7 x 50's from 13 matches and scoring 1317 runs... unless you are talking about just against England of course

Yeah that reference was just for England. He actually averaged 46 in the 2015 series, which is not too far below his career average of 49. 5 half-centuries, no hundred. 2013 Ashes averaged 23. 2013 India tour averages 24.

[Stuey]

I remember watching his first T20 plucked from grade cricket, my Aussie mate said who the **** is this guy?! To say he has taken his opportunity is an understatement.

[Aussiecollector]

His 1st cricket breakthrough was in the hong kong sixers tournament has come a long way since then

[Alvaro]

Warner is the archetypal modern Test player - colossal at home, fair to poor overseas. If they played less cricket, you could argue that this would give him a better chance to succeed in Asia, England, NZ.

[Number4]

To be fair most of those figures you are looking at are at least 2-3 years old and he hasn't played in India since 2013... I think we need to see what plays out over the next couple of series

[Alvaro]

Sure - but it's different smashing 2nd innings hundreds in Sydney and Melbourne when you're already 200 runs ahead and batting outside Australia.

I put the stats up as an indicator, not as a defamation of an incredibly exciting cricketer.

For what it's worth, his AB medal is more a recognition of his ODI form though, right?

[Number4]

Most definitely his odi form weighed heavily on his winning of the AB Medal

[rickjames]

Should have been given to Clive Rose