VIDEO | David Warner puts on ambidextrous show in nets
Australian opener David Warner was seen putting on exhibition of ambidextrous batting in the nets ahead of the first of three T20Is against the visiting Sri Lankans at the Adelaide Oval. Warner went on to score his first T20I hundred as Australia won the first encounter by a mammoth 134-run margin.
Although it is usually attributed to former England cricketer Kevin Pietersen, the switch hit is believed to have been first executed by South African Jonty Rhodes. Rhodes smashed a switch-hit six off Darren Lehman during an ODI between the Proteas and the Aussies on March 27, 2002. Pietersen then pulled it off, for the first of many times in his career, against the legendary Muttiah Muralitharan in a Test match against Sri Lanka in May 2006. Since their retirement, Warner has taken over the baton of switch-hitting in the last few years and, many feels, has perfected it.
Ahead of the three-match T20 series against the Lankans, Warner decided that he wanted to take it up a notch and have even more fun with the bowlers during the nets session on Saturday. In a video shared via Twitter, the 33-year-old was seen batting right-handed and left-handed for alternative deliveries, both to pacy throwdowns and spin, with relative ease.
T20 batting is always evolving of course. And here’s @davidwarner31, the switch-hitter of renown, putting on an exhibition of ambidextrous batting in the nets at @TheAdelaideOval @cricbuzz #AUSvSL pic.twitter.com/GYBupoCo3z
— Bharat Sundaresan (@beastieboy07) October 26, 2019
