“It’s a fine line. I might be tight but I’m trying my best to make it work for that day”

Andrew McGlashan06-Jan-2024

David Warner is hopeful that he will able to helicopter in for Sydney Thunder’s BBL derby against Sydney Sixers on Friday so that he can play after attending his brother’s wedding.Exact plans are still being worked through, but flying to the SCG will be Warner’s only option if he is to make the game with the wedding taking place in the Hunter Valley north of Sydney.”I’ve got a couple of aircrafts booked, pending weather,” Warner said after his final Test in Sydney. “It’s a fine line. I might be tight but I’m trying my best to make it work for that day.”Related

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Thunder are hopeful that Warner will be available for their final three regular-season matches, with games against Adelaide Strikers and Melbourne Renegades to follow the Sydney Smash.Warner’s current two-year deal with Thunder concludes this season, but prior to his final Test he said he was keen to continue in the tournament next season if it can fit around his new commentary role.”I definitely am keen to pursue playing Big Bash next year,” he said. “There’s going to be conversations behind the scenes to allow me to do that. Obviously, I’ve joined the Fox commentary team next year during the Test series against India, which I’m looking forward to.”There’s a BBL window that we’re able to play…so I would like to play that in and around the commentary stuff. I’ve just got to make sure that I’m, one, playing to the best of my ability and, two, not hindering the team’s performances or upsetting the balance of the team.”Thunder are currently seventh in the table with a solitary win in six games and unlikely to make this season’s finals, although Warner would probably have been unavailable for them as he is expected to be granted a No Objection Certificate [NOC] to play in the ILT20 for Dubai Capitals.That tournament will mean Warner will also miss the T20I series against West Indies early next month, but the current expectation is that he will be available for the three-match series in New Zealand.Warner added that the T20 World Cup in June would “definitely” mark the end of his international career, although when announcing his ODI retirement last week he kept the door ajar for a comeback at the 2025 Champions Trophy if Australia needed him.”That [the T20 World Cup] was my finishing goal if I wasn’t getting to here [to Sydney],” he said. “That was my last hurrah, the Twenty20s. I started my career in Twenty20 cricket and will finish my career in Twenty20 cricket. Think it’s fitting. I really enjoy the game but most importantly I want to win another World Cup for Australia.”

New Zealand are looking to make it three wins from three and will have captain Kane Williamson back against Bangladesh

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Moody: This Australian team is far from the previous champion sides

–Fixtures | Squads | Points table | Tournament IndexTop Story: Quinton de Kock leads South Africa’s rout of AustraliaIf South Africa really do want to move through this 2023 World Cup under the radar, they must do better than this. Because in wiping the floor with Australia in Lucknow, winning by a mammoth 134 runs for their second victory in as many games, they have put out one hell of a statement that is impossible to ignore.As ever, Quinton de Kock made the most noise, crashing 109 up top as South Africa put up 311 for 7 having been asked to bat first. Australia’s decision at the toss, and the moves to reinforce their batting with Josh Inglis and Marcus Stoinis drafted in for Alex Carey and Cameron Green, came to nothing. A lack of impetus with the ball and errors in the field spilled into their chase – dead and buried as early as the 18th over at 70 for 6. Two straight defeats mean they can afford little room for error in the remaining seven games of the league stage.Click here for the full reportMatch analysis: Flying under the radar or not, South Africa seem to have figured themselves outSouth Africa were not strongly tipped heading into the World Cup but things are clicking for them•Getty ImagesSouth Africa are also demonstrating qualities of adaptation that are needed in a long tournament across various venues. In Delhi, they picked four seamers and a spinner, in Lucknow, they opted for a three-two combination on a surface that was expected to, and did, offer some turn. By the time Keshav Maharaj and Tabraiz Shamsi were called on, the bulk of the damage was already done and there may still be questions over how quickly they cleaned up the Australian tail. For Kagiso Rabada, South Africa played ‘pretty much the perfect game.”Over the last seven years, they have an exceptional record against Australia and had beaten them in 15 out of 20 ODIs before today, including winning a recent home series 3-2. That was the only competitive cricket South Africa played between April and this World Cup.Australia, on the other hand, have competed in an Ashes, a white-ball series in England and South Africa and played ODIs in India before the tournament and could, understandably, be spent. Their fielding performance suggested as much and the crowd kept a tally of their missed chances and displayed them on a banner to remind them how much they were getting wrong. It would also be that given the recent results, South Africa have figured Australia out. But there’s another option here. It could also be that South Africa have finally figured themselves – the squad that came to this World Cup – out.Read the full analysis from Firdose Moonda in LucknowMust Watch: Dissecting the Steve Smith lbw1:51

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What is going on with ticket sales at this World Cup? Answers have been hard to come by.Match previewBangladesh vs New Zealand, Chennai (2pm IST; 8.30am GMT; 7.30pm AEST)5:38

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The New Zealand juggernaut rolled into Chennai but in typical Kiwi fashion, it was a quiet entrance. New Zealand comfortably knocked over England and Netherlands, and will now take on a Bangladesh side smarting from a big loss against England. The only saving grace for Bangladesh is a Chennai pitch that is likely to help the spinners, but many of the New Zealand players have IPL experience to count on, so they will know what to expect at this venue.Bangladesh’s big defeat against England undid a lot of their good work against Afghanistan in the first match. The pitch certainly differed between the two games in Dharamsala, but Bangladesh didn’t really adapt to the conditions. Their insistence on bowling outside off stump hurt them as they went wicketless going for that bowling line. Taskin Ahmed bowling just six overs, Shakib Al Hasan finishing his ten early and the overuse of offspin against left-handers were the sort of rigid tactics that Bangladesh will not want to repeat.Full previewTeam newsNew Zealand (probable): 1 Devon Conway, 2 Will Young, 3 Kane Williamson (capt), 4 Rachin Ravindra, 5 Tom Latham (wk), 6 Daryl Mitchell, 7 Glenn Phillips, 8 Mitchell Santner, 9 Mark Henry, 10 Lockie Ferguson/Ish Sodhi, 11 Trent BoultBangladesh (probable): 1 Tanzid Hasan, 2 Litton Das, 3 Najmul Hossain Shanto, 4 Shakib Al Hasan (capt), 5 Towhid Hridoy, 6 Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), 7 Mehidy Hasan, 8 Mahedi Hasan, 9 Taskin Ahmed, 10 Shoriful Islam, 11 Mustafizur Rahman/Nasum AhmedFeature: Just like that, Williamson is back, bringing the warm glow of the familiarNew Zealand have brought to this World Cup a squad that allows them to bat differently in different conditions, and they’ll be thrilled at the timing of Kane Williamson’s return. They won their first two games while rattling away at well over a run a ball on flat surfaces in Ahmedabad and Hyderabad, but Chennai promises to be different. It’s here, perhaps, that they will most need Williamson’s skillset.You don’t need reminding of all the times Williamson’s staying power has won New Zealand World Cup games, but here’s a recap anyway. Auckland, where Mitchell Starc looked all but unstoppable. Birmingham, where Williamson masterminded a seesawing chase of 242. Manchester, where he turned 7 for 2 into a total of 291. Manchester, again, where he scrapped away in seaming conditions to give New Zealand a total they could bowl at.Read the full feature from Karthik Krishnaswamy

Pakistan’s captain Babar Azam did not hold back on the criticism of his players following the team’s eight-wicket loss to Afghanistan.Babar said he was particularly disappointed by his bowlers’ inability to pick up wickets in the middle overs, and his fielders not being focused and proactive.Batting first, Pakistan posted 282 for 7 – a total Afghanistan chased down with ease, with an over to spare. Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran gave them a positive start of 130, before Rahmat Shah and Hashmatullah Shahidi took Afghanistan home with an unbroken 96-run stand. It was the first time Pakistan failed to defend a 275-plus target at the World Cup.”Yes, the defeat has hurt us a lot,” Babar said after the game. “We wanted to put up a total of around 280-290. After we achieved that, we were not up to the mark with our bowling and fielding. The spinners didn’t bowl the way we wanted them to in the middle overs.Related

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“We started well in the middle overs, but we needed wickets. The pitch was helping the spinners even in the second innings. But we, especially our spinners, didn’t hit our lengths. Every over we conceded a boundary, so there was no pressure on their batsmen.”On a Chennai pitch where the Afghanistan spin quartet of Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Mohammad Nabi and Noor Ahmad picked up 4 for 176 from their combined 38 overs, Pakistan’s spinners – Shadab Khan, Usama Mir and Iftikhar Ahmed – returned none for 131 from 21.According to Babar, the Pakistan bowlers had their plans in place but failed in execution and, therefore, could not create pressure. He also said the team was lacking in the fielding department.”We are not able to click in all departments at the same time,” Babar said. “When we do well in bowling, we don’t do well in batting. When we do well in batting, we don’t do as well in fielding.”Fielding is all about attitude. And I don’t see any attitude from the team. You need to put in extra effort and be fit. You should focus on the ball, not on other thoughts and when the ball comes to you, you have to be proactive as a fielder. I think we are lacking that a little bit as a fielding unit.Babar admitted that his bowlers have not been able to execute their plans properly•ICC/Getty Images

“In the bowling, we have not been able to execute our plans. When you are not able to hit the length you want to and end up conceding boundaries, your focus shifts to stopping runs. In that, you keep making mistakes, and that puts you under pressure.”Here, the margin of error for bowlers is very low. If you bowl a little bit away from the stumps, you get hit. So, we are lacking there a little bit. We are not able to bowl within the stumps.”The same goes for the spinners. We bowl four good balls and then there are two balls that go for boundaries or runs, because the margin is very small. If you bowl consistently at one place, then there will be pressure. So that thing is missing.”Even though Babar scored 74 on Monday, his form with the bat in the World Cup hasn’t been great. In five innings, he has 157 runs at an average of 31.40, which pales in comparison to his career average of 56.79. When asked if captaincy was affecting his batting, Babar said that wasn’t the case.”As far as captaincy is concerned, there is not much pressure on me or on my batting. I always try to give my best, my 100% during batting. During fielding, I think about captaincy and during batting I just think about the batting. How I should score runs for the team.”

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da realbet： O Corinthians está próximo de acertar a renovação contratual com o meia Guilherme Biro, cria da base do clube que se destacou com a Seleção Brasileira Sub-20 no Sul-Americano. O contrato do jogador de 18 anos com o Timão tem validade até o dia 30 de novembro, e a partir do dia 31 de maio ele pode assinar um pré-acordo com qualquer equipe.

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O Timão apresentou uma proposta aos representantes do atleta nos últimos dias, e segundo Roberto de Andrade, diretor de futebol do clube alvinegro, haverá uma nova reunião entre diretoria, staff e jogador após o Carnaval para selar a permanência do meia no clube.

– Já conversamos com os representantes dele, fizemos uma primeira reunião, passamos alguns valores. Está dependendo deles conversar com o atleta, depois do Carnaval vamos sentar para acertar – afirmou Roberto na zona mista da Neo Química Arena após a vitória corintiana sobre o Mirassol.

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Biro foi titular na Seleção Brasileira Sub-20 e se destacou no Sul-Americano, marcando um gol e dando uma assistência no torneio. O atleta ganhou projeção no Corinthians na temporada passada, com Vítor Pereira, que promoveu a estreia do meia contra o Fluminense, pelo Brasileirão.

Como as conversas pela renovação estavam estagnadas até o início de fevereiro, havia a possibilidade de Biro treinar separado do elenco Sub-20 e principal, mas o técnico Fernando Lázaro encerrou o rumor ao inserir o garoto de 18 anos nos treinos treinando do “time de cima” desde que retornou do Sul-Americano. Após o Dérbi contra o Palmeiras, Lázaro revelou uma conversa com o meia sobre seu posicionamento.

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Biro está inscrito na Lista B do Corinthians para o Paulistão, podendo reforçar o Timão tanto nas duas últimas rodadas da fase de grupos como no mata-mata. Já classificada às quartas de final, a equipe de Fernando Lázaro enfrenta o Santos, na Vila Belmiro, e o Santo André, na Neo Química Arena.

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قلّص فريق نيوكاسل يونايتد الفارق مع فريق ليفربول بعدما سجل هدفًا في شباك الريدز، في مباراتهما الجارية حاليًا، في بطولة الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز، 2025/26.

ويستضيف ملعب “سانت جيمس بارك” مباراة فريقي ليفربول ونيوكاسل يونايتد، في الوقت الحالي، في الجولة الثانية من الدوري الإنجليزي.

وتمكن نيوكاسل يونايتد من تسجيل هدف أول في شباك ليفربول، في الدقيقة 56، حيث جاء الهدف عن طريق برونو جيماريش، بعد ركلة ركنية نفذها ليفرامينتو، حيث وصلت الكرة إلى زميله الذي سددها برأسه في شباك ليفربول، ليهز مرمى أليسون بيكر. هدف برونو جيماريش في مباراة ليفربول ونيوكاسل

وتشير النتيجة في الوقت الحالي إلى تقدم ليفربول بهدفين مقابل هدف، حيث سجل ريان جرافنبيرخ وهوجو إيكتيكي هدفي كتيبة آرني سلوت، مع العلم أن أصحاب الأرض يلعبون بـ10 لاعبين فقط بسبب طرد أنتوني جوردون في نهاية الشوط الأول.

Manchester United chief Sir Jim Ratcliffe has once again declined to attend the Women's FA Cup final for the second year in a row.

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• Man Utd made final for second year in row
• Lost to Chelsea year on from Spurs triumph
• Ratcliffe absent for both matches in capital

• WHAT HAPPENED?

  The Red Devils could not replicate their success in the competition, having beaten Tottenham at Wembley last season. This time, Women's Super League champions and now treble-winners Chelsea dismantled Marc Skinner's side, away from the watchful eye of the INEOS boss, who opted to skip the game for the second year in a row.

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  Ratcliffe's absence is surprising considering he attended the men's loss to Chelsea in London on Friday night. He has had a minimal role in any project relating to the women's team, despite their success in recent years.

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  In the aftermath of the final defeat, head coach Marc Skinner was asked why Ratcliffe opted not to attend the match. He said: "In all honesty, I don’t know why he wasn’t here.

  "But I feel we were well represented. Omar was here, the Glazer family, Jason is up there. Those are the people I deal with everyday. That’s the people I need to be here, because they need to be able to look at what we need to do to close a growing gap in finance that Chelsea have created.

  “The reality is that it’s the investment in the team that needs to happen. It’s not whether you’re visible. I get you the representation, the visibility is how you see investment, but as long as I play the team are being invested in, that is also a way of showing your support for the team."

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  It would not be surprising to see Ratcliffe jet off to Bilbao for United's Europa League against Tottenham next week. For the women's side, their season is already over and they have picked up a third-placed finish in the WSL.

Spurs have revealed the asking price for Cristian Romero, per a new report, with Spanish giants Atletico Madrid keen on signing the World Cup winner.

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Atletico interested in signing RomeroSpurs won't make his summer exit easyArgentine defender adamant on a switch to La LigaFollow GOAL on WhatsApp! 🟢📱WHAT HAPPENED?

Atletico Madrid are going to do everything they can to sign Spurs star Romero this summer, but the Premier League outfit will not make it easy for them to sign one of their most important players. That comes from a report from (h/t Sport Witness), who reveal that Tottenham are 'not making his exit easy', despite Romero dropping hints that he might be seeking greener pastures.

The club’s Champions League qualification, manager Ange Postecoglou’s insistence on keeping him, and chairman Daniel Levy’s tough negotiating stance all strengthen their position. Tottenham are said to demand €70 million (£59m/$79m), a fee Atletico are reluctant to meet. CEO Miguel Angel Gil is expected to contact Spurs directly, but with no urgency to sell, Romero’s potential move is shaping into a drawn-out summer saga.

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Spurs had a miserable season, finishing 17th in the Premier League. And yet, they have qualified for next season's Champions League. A large part of the credit goes to Romero, who was solid throughout Spurs' glorious Europa League campaign and was duly rewarded both the Player of the Match award in the final as well as the Player of the Tournament. Reports over the last few weeks have stated that the 2022 World Cup-winning centre-back has already been in contact with Los Colchoneros, with head coach Diego Simeone taking the onus on himself to convince Romero into joining them. However, Spurs chairman Daniel Levy, known to be a shrewd and tough negotiator, will not let go of the Argentine defender easily, despite his willingness to join the La Liga giants.

WHAT JULIAN ALVAREZ SAID ABOUT THE TRANSFER

Romero's national team-mate and Atletico forward Julian Alvarez might be playing the role of a pseudo-agent in an attempt to persuade the defender into arriving at the Metropolitano. Earlier this month, while speaking to Alvarez didn't hide his feelings and openly acknowledged that he would love to pair with his Argentina buddy at club level: "I hope [he joins]! I hope it happens. He's a great player. One of the best centre-backs in the world, in my opinion. A teammate on the national team and a great person. Such a great addition to the team would be a great help.

"[Atleti] feels more like Argentina compared to the Premier League. Maybe also because of the language, or, as we were saying, there are many Argentinian team-mates, the coach too, and so I felt a bit more like Argentina. It's like a family, very close. The passion, courage, and heart that Atleti identifies with is felt a bit more from within."

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While it remains to be seen whether Romero stays put in London or joins Los Rojiblancos this summer, he will continue to represent his nation during next month's World Cup qualifiers. Argentina will take on Chile on June 6, followed by a game against Colombia on June 11. The Albiceleste are currently at the top of the CONMEBOL World Cup qualifying table, eight clear of second-placed Paraguay with just four games left.

“When you are put against a wall, you need to show character and you need to be brave enough, which I thought we weren’t”

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Rohit Sharma feels India were not “brave enough” in their second innings and they “overall failed as a team” as they went down by 28 runs in Hyderabad.”When you are put against a wall, you need to show character and you need to be brave enough, which I thought we weren’t,” Rohit said on the official broadcast after India went 1-0 down in the five-Test series. “We wanted to take some chances… we didn’t take chances with the bat. But that can happen.”With India taking a massive 190-run first-innings lead, the idea that England would finish on the winning side was more than a bit far-fetched. However, Ollie Pope produced an epic 196 off 278 balls to take England to 420 in their second dig and gave them a 230-run lead, which proved just enough.Related

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Rohit said that Pope’s knock was “probably the best” he had seen in Indian conditions by an overseas batter, but felt that the target was by no means ungettable on a surface not doing too much.”You got to take your hat off and say ‘well played’ to Ollie Pope. That was some serious knock,” Rohit said. “Having gotten the lead of 190, we thought we were very much in the game, but then… exceptional batting, probably the best that I have seen in Indian conditions by an overseas batter.”Ollie Pope played a brilliant knock. I definitely thought 230 was gettable, there wasn’t too much in the pitch, but we didn’t bat well enough to get to the score.”This is only the third time overall – and the first time at home – that India have lost a Test match after securing a first-innings lead in excess of 100 runs. Was India’s bowling to blame for the loss in Hyderabad then?”I went and checked where we bowled [after the third day], and I thought we bowled in the right areas,” Rohit said. “When you finish the day, you analyse: what went well, what didn’t go well, and things like that. We went back and saw things; we spoke about [them] and I thought the bowlers executed the plan really well.”Hard to look at one or two things. Overall we failed as a team. I thought after the first innings of their batting and our batting I thought we were very much in the game. We didn’t bat well enough to get to that score [in the second innings].”Rohit also had praise for India’s lower-order batters, who hung around to give them hope late on the fourth day. India were at 119 for 7 in the 41st over and a swift end was on the horizon. But KS Bharat and R Ashwin strung a 57-run stand off 130 balls for the eighth wicket. Even Jasprit Bumrah and No. 11 Mohammed Siraj hung around for 37 balls, adding 25 runs, but could not take the game into the final day with Siraj falling in the last over of an extended day to give Tom Hartley his seventh wicket of the innings and spark celebrations in the England camp.”I wanted them to take the game to the fifth day; 20-30 runs anything is possible,” Rohit said. “The lower order fought really well, and showed the top order that you need to fight it out. It is the first game of the series. I hope the guys can learn from that.”

da bet7： Leeds United want to sign an international forward in the summer who has been likened to former Newcastle United and Fulham star Aleksandar Mitrovic, according to a new report.

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da fezbet： Despite a recent drop-off in form, Leeds United are still well in the race for a return to the Premier League, two seasons after they dropped out of the division.

With just eight games to play, Daniel Farke’s side lead the Championship table, ahead of second-placed Sheffield United only on goal difference and two points clear of Burnley in third.

Whether that’s in the Premier League or the Championship, the Whites seem to already be preparing for next season, with a number of transfer targets reportedly already on their radar.

Among those are Southampton striker Cameron Archer, who was a target for the club in January, while, according to reports from Africa Foot, the Yorkshire club are also keen on signing Almeria forward Ibrahima Kone in the summer.

The most talked-about of Leeds’ potential summer transfers, however, is the proposed return of Kalvin Phillips. A recent report from TEAMtalk revealed that Leeds already have a verbal agreement with Phillips, who is currently on loan at Ipswich Town from Manchester City, to return to Elland Road if Farke’s side secures promotion back to the Premier League.

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Phillips himself is also said to be keen on returning to his boyhood club and is pushing for a move, which he hopes will be able to help him revive his stalling career.

Leeds want new 23 y/o forward likened to Mitrovic

Another player reportedly on Leeds and the 49ers Enterprises radar ahead of the summer is Dynamo Kyiv striker Vladyslav Vanat. The 23-year-old, who has been capped 10 times by Ukraine, has scored 16 goals in 34 appearances this term, helping put Kyiv in pole position to land the Ukrainian Premier League title.

According to TBR Football’s chief correspondent Graeme Bailey, Leeds are one of a number of clubs, alongside West Ham United and Fulham, who are now keeping tabs ahead of a potential swoop in a few months’ time.

Vanat has been described by Football Talent Scout’s Jacek Kulig as a “complete forward” who boasts excellent “pace, finishing, shot power, movement, link-up play, ambidexterity”.

According to Football Transfers, Vanat has a similar style of play to former Fulham star Mitrovic, who now plays in Saudi Arabia for Al-Hilal.

Leeds know all too well about the Serbian striker’s talents, with him having netted five goals and produced three assists in nine games against the Whites during his career, including twice in a thrilling Premier League game in September 2020, which Leeds won 4-3, and by the looks of things, a move for Vanat could be one to watch.

The opener has adductor soreness, and won’t feature in the last game in Auckland

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David Warner has been ruled out of the final T20I against New Zealand in Auckland with an adductor injury but is expected to be fit for the start of the IPL next month.Warner sat out the second match on Friday although that was always due to be a game he would rest from as Australia rotate through their options during the series.”Warner will require a brief recovery period which is not expected to affect his availability for the upcoming Indian Premier League leading into to the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup,” a CA statement said.David Warner will head home having played one game in the series•AFP/Getty Images

The recovery time frame is estimated to be around seven to ten days.Missing the final match of the series means Warner’s bilateral international career is now over with the upcoming T20 World Cup in June to mark his final retirement from Australia duty. He made 32 off 20 balls in the first game in Wellington before being booed off the ground by the home support. At the start of the tour he had mentioned the crowd behaviour on the 2016 tour.Warner’s absence should guarantee Steven Smith another outing at the top of the order as he looks to secure his spot in the World Cup squad. He made 11 off 7 balls in the second T20I, which included an outrageous scooped six, before being pinned lbw by Lockie Ferguson’s first delivery.It still appears unlikely that Smith will command a starting position at the World Cup even if selected, with Warner, Travis Head and Mitchell Marsh set to be the top three.Matt Short, who played the first match in Wellington but wasn’t required to bat or bowl, will likely get a second outing as well. There is a chance that Marsh will be rested ahead of the Test series, which would mean Matthew Wade leading the side.Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood are also expected to sit out Sunday’s match having played the first two games. Mitchell Starc and Spencer Johnson would be the replacements.