South African quick Kagiso Rabada rekindled the debate about whether or not David Warner should retire from Test cricket. discussions by cheaply retiring the Australian opener in both innings of the most recent Gabba Test.
Warner was forced to glove the first pitch of the second inning to short-leg because Rabada’s bouncer pushed him back. One of the most terrifying images of a batter playing with short balls was created as a result. An out-seamer that took his edge at an angle to the slips ended his 11-ball misery in the fourth inning.
This was the seventh time Rabada excused Warner in Tests, turning into the fourth-most noteworthy wicket-taker against the southpaw in only 13 innings.
In a telling way, this spell was merely a reminder of the numerous series in which the Australian looked completely lost against a single bowler.
In light of this, let’s take a look at three of these players, all of whom made the Australian opener their bunny in the longest format:
#1 Stuart Broad – 14 time
England right-arm pacer Stuart Broad and Warner’s careers have been similar in that they have both experienced ups and downs. In any case, at whatever point the two have met in the Cinders, the British chap has had the boasting freedoms.
Since Broad hit the top of the opener’s off stump in the fourth Ashes Test at the Riverside Ground in 2013, the latter has had Broad’s number. In 45 innings, the veteran seamer has gotten him out 14 times, averaging 27.78 runs per out.
Broad rescued him three times in Brisbane and once in Adelaide during the subsequent Ashes in Australia. However, despite playing in multiple home-and-away Ashes, the right-arm pacer was unable to defeat his foe until 2018.
In hindsight, that was just a peaceful prelude to the Ashes’ storm in 2019. He was bowled out by Broad at least once in each of the series’ five Test matches, twice at Edgbaston and Old Trafford. He continued to steam in from around the wicket, hitting the length, repeatedly hitting the stumps, and allowing the seam to perform its function.
With just 95 runs from five Tests at an average of 9.50, the 36-year-old got out to him seven times in 104 balls, ending perhaps his most forgettable series.
#2 Ravichandran Ashwin – 10 times
Warner has shown a propensity for finding his direction against the turn in restricted overs cricket however with regards to Test matches, he can’t get away from the dominance of Ravichandran Ashwin’s off-turn and the Indian off-spinners faultless record against left-gave players.
When it comes to the Australian, Ashwin has had two great games. He was bowled out three times by Ashwin in three Test matches in two series in 2012-13: in Adelaide, Bengaluru, and Hyderabad. Warner fielded Ashwin in five consecutive Tests, twice in Sydney and Bengaluru, from 2014 to 2017, and again in two series.
In the historic 2020-21 Border Gavaskar Trophy, when India needed the same magic from their wizard, Ashwin got rid of Warner in the Sydney Test for just 13. In just 18 innings, he had struck out his former Delhi Capitals teammate ten times.
Their battle will once more be one to keep an eye on if Warner makes it to the 2022-23 Border Gavaskar Trophy in India.
#3 Kagiso Rabada – seven dismissals
Despite the fact that James Anderson has bowled Warner out three more times than Rabada has, his wickets span eight years, whereas the South African has only bowled him out four times.
Rabada couldn’t get him out whenever the couple first conflicted with one another in 2016-17. Rabada, on the other hand, bowled Warner out twice at Newlands during Australia’s infamous 2017-18 tour of South Africa, where tensions were high prior to the ball-tampering scandal ruining the tour.
The right-arm pacer now has four wickets in four innings after the two recent dismissals in Brisbane. In Melbourne, the Australian opener would like to turn the tide.