“I remember there were a couple of sleepless nights thinking ‘How am I going to play these guys? The Test series finishes in April, whereupon he’ll go straight into the Indian Premier League. Various outlets and individuals laid into him for comments he made before the recent Ashes series, when he invoked the metaphor of going to war. It’s not just an Ashes series, but the talk and the hype around Ashes. Last time he was here, Warner spent time on the field barking at Faf du Plessis like a dog.

Source: The Guardian February 27, 2018 06:00 UTC