‘Don’t Hear the Boos When Out There,’ Says David Warner

David Warner scored his first century against Pakistan in World Cup match after the ball-tampering ban.

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"The boos? No, we don't really hear that when we're out there,” said David Warner after his century helped Australia win against Pakistan by 41 runs in the World Cup match held on Wednesday, 12 June in Taunton.

This was his first international century since completing the ball-tampering ban.

However, it was not an easy road after the comeback. Fans were quick to express their discontent with the incident and booed Warner during the matches. Dismissing being affected, Warner said “you get it all the time.”

“The boos? No, we don’t really hear that when we’re out there. At the end of the day we are out there to do a job and you know for us and for me it’s just trying to score runs and having a lot of energy in the field and look, it’s water off a duck’s back. You get it all the time. I’ve had it my whole career and you know, it actually eggs us on a lot and makes us knuckle down and try and score more runs, if anything.”

David Warner

‘My Wife, Kids Kept Me Going’

When asked if there were any doubts about him returning to the international cricket after his ban, he said “I was always coming back to international cricket, if selected. The thing that kept me going was with my wife and my kids. Got great support, a home, my family and my wife is just a... you know, she's just my rock. She's unbelievable.”

However, Warner had his inhibitions over getting another chance to play international cricket for Australia.

“Yeah definitely. That was always going through my mind and I think that’s what drove me to keep, you know, being as fit as I can, keep scoring as many runs as I can in the 20-20 tournaments that I was playing in.”

Warner had feared not scoring a hundred in international cricket following his ball-tampering ban but the Australian opener dispelled those fears by making a match-winning 107 against Pakistan.