David Warner not expecting fond farewell from New Zealand fans | David Warner

David Warner will play his ultimate bilateral worldwide cricket sequence towards New Zealand this week however the Australia opener is not expecting an affectionate farewell from Black Caps fans in Wellington and Auckland.

The 37-year-old has already retired from Test and one-day cricket however has delayed his farewell from the shortest format of the sport till after the World Cup within the Caribbean and United States in June.

Warner, who will open for Australia in Wednesday’s Twenty20 sequence opener towards New Zealand at Wellington Stadium and the 2 matches that observe at Eden Park, mentioned he would not let any abuse have an effect on his sport.

“Over here, it’s always the harsh reality that we’re neighbours, in sport we like to beat each other,” Warner mentioned within the New Zealand capital on Monday.

“From that perspective, we’re going to be expecting the crowd to come at us as hard as they come. As we always say, it’s in one ear, out the other – if I actually hear anything.”

Warner described native fans as “derogatory and pretty vulgar” after the Australians had been focused for abuse throughout a Test and ODI tour of New Zealand in 2016.

“I enjoy playing here,” Warner added. “It’s about coming out and trying to put my best foot forward, and score runs.

“The crowd, yeah, they got personal, but if they have to get personal, that’s their character … if you want to pay your money to come and abuse people, you have to go back and lay in your own bed.

“We’re here to play the game of cricket that we love, enjoy and put bums on seats to keep the game going.”

Warner mentioned he was going to proceed his profession in Twenty20 franchise leagues all over the world for “another couple of years”.

Despite having additionally signed as much as supply his opinions on the sport by way of media work, Warner mentioned he was not contemplating a profession in politics.

“Yeah, look, I’ll leave that for another time,” he mentioned. “I think I’d get absolutely grilled if I was to go into politics.”