Australian dynamite, David Warner who has been absent from Australia's premier franchise league tournament the Big Bash since the 2013-14 season, said that he can’t see himself coming back to it any time soon. The New South Wales cricketer made it clear that he could return to the competition only after his retirement from international cricket.
“Personally I've got three kids at home and a wife that I owe my time to as well. So playing all three formats - that's very difficult to be able to do, and I don't think I'll play while I'm playing for Australia still - that's honestly speaking.”
Warner reasoned that BBL doesn’t have a separate window like IPL and therefore the off-time that he gets from international cricket, he would like to utilize that by being with his young family.
Steve Smith, too, has ruled out a possible return to BBL this season.
Commenting on the new rules introduced by the BBL administration, Warner said that the most important thing that BBL needs to do is get the Australian players and the best international players coming to play in the league instead of trying to tinker with the rules.
"The rules that have come out, I understand the reasoning why they're bringing it out. Do we need to tinker with it?” asked the 33-year-old.
“Personally I don't think we do, I think it's just about getting the right people to come out and play, the right access to players to play, the Australian contracted players,” he added.
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