Cricket: Warner denies pressure after lean run

SYDNEY: Australia opener David Warner denied he was feeling the pressure after a lean run and said it was only a matter of time before he hits his explosive best again. The left-hander has struggled since his stunning 180 against India this year and failed again in the first Test against South Africa. But the 26-year-old said he was not concerned, despite watching fellow opener Ed Cowan, captain Michael Clarke and Mike Hussey all help themselves to big scores in Brisbane while he was out for four. “I don’t think so,” said Warner. “As long as we are winning games and we are on the way to becoming number one, that’s all that counts. I’m feeling good, I’m nice and refreshed. I’m ready to go again. Nothing changes for me. It’s a simple game plan, all guns blazing if I can.”

Published in The Express Tribune, November 16^th, 2012.