Found it tough to make transition from longer to shorter version, says David Warner
David Warner has revealed that he was mentally drained after the Ashes series due to the gruelling cricketing schedule and found it difficult to make a transition from the longer format of the game to the shorter one. The southpaw also stated that he found it hard to fight off his inner demon.
David Warner had a successful Ashes series as he ended up scoring 441 runs in five matches at an average of 63 as AustraliaĀ won the Ashes 4-0 in the five-match series. It was followed by an ODIĀ series, where England thrashed the
And the opener has blamed the gruelling schedule for his mental drain out that led to a slump in his form in the ODI series as he found it difficult to make a transition from the longer format to the 50 over a game. It affected his performance too and he could manageĀ to score just 73 runs at an average of 14.60 in the 5 matches he played in the ODI series against England.
āI donāt think at all. Itās more the other way this year. Iāve found it a little bit draining that I wasnāt really timing the ball as well as I would have liked with the one-day stuff,āĀ said Warner in anĀ interview with Cricket.com.au.
āIn my mind, I was probably going too hard ā Iāve got blisters on my hands in places where I wouldnāt normally get them. I reckon I was
The 31-year-old was raring to get back to his form and sounded delighted to play red ball cricket in South Africa,Ā which is scheduled to start from 1st March.
āTo go from here back to Test cricket, Iāll fall back into place and Iāll get my work in in the nets with āHickyā (assistant coach Graeme Hick) and āBoofā (head coach Darren Lehmann) throwing me throwdowns and running drinks for the boys.ā
āI canāt wait to get over there and Iām actually pumped. Iāll probably have two days (off) and then get out there in the afternoon, have a weights session and have a runaround, get used to the time zone and try to adjust to the climate,ā added Warner.