{"id":15141,"date":"2024-01-05T00:54:42","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T05:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/david-warner-australia-batter-relieved-to-be-reunited-with-baggy-green-after-social-media-plea-cricket-news\/05\/01\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-01-05T00:54:42","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T05:54:42","slug":"david-warner-australia-batter-relieved-to-be-reunited-with-baggy-green-after-social-media-plea-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/david-warner-australia-batter-relieved-to-be-reunited-with-baggy-green-after-social-media-plea-cricket-news\/05\/01\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"David Warner: Australia batter ‘relieved’ to be reunited with baggy green after social media plea | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Australia’s opener David Warner said he was “pleased and relieved” to be reunited with his missing baggy green after he issued a social media plea on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Warner’s baggy green went missing from his bag on the eve of his final Test match between Australia and Pakistan at his home Sydney Cricket Ground.<\/p>\n

In a video posted to his Instagram account, the veteran batter claimed the cap was taken from his backpack during transit to Sydney.<\/p>\n

“I’m pleased and relived that I’ve got my baggy back in my hand,” Warner said.<\/p>\n

“Any cricketer knows how special their cap is and I will cherish this for the rest of my life.<\/p>\n

“I am very grateful to all of those involved in locating it – the Qantas team, the freight company, the hotel and our own team management.<\/p>\n

“It is a load off my shoulders going into the last couple of days. I really appreciate it so thank you all.”<\/p>\n

At a press conference on Monday, Warner announced he was also retiring from one-day cricket but would still be available for T20 internationals.<\/p>\n

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Australia’s victory over India in the World Cup final in November was his last 50-over match on the international stage and proved the perfect way for him to sign off in that format.<\/p>\n

Warner pleaded for its return on social media on Monday saying: “Unfortunately, someone has taken my backpack out of my actual luggage, which had my backpack and my girls’ presents in there, inside this backpack was my baggy green.<\/p>\n

“It’s sentimental to me, it’s something I would love to have back in my hands walking out there come this week. If it is the backpack you really wanted, I have a spare one here, you won’t get into trouble.”<\/p>\n

Warner made 34 in what is likely to be his penultimate innings in the long form of cricket as Australia reached 116-2 on the rain-disrupted second day of the third Test against Pakistan in Sydney.<\/p>\n

Bad light stopped play midway through the second session before a huge rainstorm swept down across the city, leaving Australia still 197 runs behind Pakistan’s first innings score of 313.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Australia’s opener David Warner said he was “pleased and relieved” to be reunited with his missing baggy green after he issued a