‘Not happening’: David Warner’s wife Candice rules out AUS opener coming out of retirement to face India in BGT

“I deliberation if helium genuinely didn’t deliberation helium was susceptible of doing it, helium wouldn’t person said that but that’s not immoderate disrespect to immoderate of the openers oregon radical (in the enactment mix). If helium was to person gone down that way to play again, helium would person had to person done it conscionable similar everyone else. Play Sheffield Shield and everything similar that. But it’s not happening. End of discussion,” she added.

The 37-year-old had retired past twelvemonth from Test cricket, but with Cameron Green retired of the broadside and Steve Smith astir apt moving backmost to fig 4 spot successful the XI, a vacancy opened up astatine the apical of the bid – a presumption Warner held for implicit a decade.

“I’m ever available, (the selectors have) conscionable got to prime up the phone,” Warner had told News Corp a fewer days ago.

When asked astir Warner’s comments, Australia skipper Pat Cummins reacted to the erstwhile opener’s ambition and said that helium conscionable wanted to enactment applicable connected the backmost leafage of the newspapers.

“Davey we are precise interested,” Cummins said connected a podcast, The Grade Cricketers. “We are taking it precise seriously. We volition beryllium successful interaction mate,” said Cummins with a laugh.

The Australian skipper revealed the chat helium has had with David Warner regarding his plans of a comeback.

“I did talk to Davey a mates of days ago. I can’t retrieve if helium raised it oregon I did. He asked, ‘What bash you think?’ And I was like,’ Yeah, bully luck with Thunder (Sydney) this year.’

“I look guardant to your comments connected Fox,” said Cummins.

“I reckon helium doesn’t caput seeing himself connected the backmost page. We emotion Davey, but helium is retired. Sorry mate!”