David Warner’s place in the Australian Test team has come under question as his miserable Ashes campaign spluttered along at Old Trafford with the Australian opener dismissed for a second-ball duck.
He attempted to leave the fourth delivery of the first over but nicked it to Jonny Bairstow behind the stumps.
Once again, his chief tormenter was Stuart Broad. The lanky fast-medium paceman has dismissed Warner five time in this series for just 32 runs.
AGAIN!! 🙌
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— England Cricket (@englandcricket) September 4, 2019
Warner has laboured for just 79 runs in seven innings – 60 of those came in the first innings of the third Test at Headingley.
“Not sure what to leave, what to play at, David Warner, once again,” Shane Warne said in commentary. “(Broad’s) all over him like a cheap suit.”
The Englishman has now claimed Warner’s wicket 10 times in Tests. He’s only had more success against former Australian captain Michael Clarke, who he dismissed 11 times.
Warner is averaging just over 11 for the series – his worst run of form since making his Test debut in 2011.
Warner is also only the fourth opener in Ashes history to register at least six single figure dismissals in a series joining Australia’s Colin McDonald (1956), Jon Dyson (1981) and Mike Atherton (1997).
STAT ALERT: David Warner is the fourth opener to be out in single figures six times in an Ashes series.
McDonald, Aus, 1956 (6 single fig dismissals)
Dyson, Aus, 1981 (6)
Atherton, Eng, 1997 (7)
Warner, Aus, 2019 (6) (so far).#ENGvAUS— Andy Zaltzman (@ZaltzCricket) September 4, 2019
Warner’s struggles are a marked contrast in the head-to-head record between the two players. Prior to the series, Broad had taken Warner’s wicket only five times in total, over the course of 29 innings (from 527 balls) – at a cost of 64.80 runs. In this series, Warner’s wicket is coming at a rate of 6.40 runs each time.
It was left to former captain Steve Smith to salvage Australia’s innings, following the dismissal of Marcus Harris for 13.
Smith walked to the crease with Australia in trouble at 2-29.
Rain interruptions notwithstanding, he established a rhythm with the in-form Marnus Labuschagne (67), partnering for a vital 116-run partnership that allowed Australia to reach stumps on 3-170.
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