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In a column for ‘The West Australian’ newspaper, Johnson questioned Warner’s inclusion in the 14-member squad for the three-match Test series against Pakistan starting in Perth on December 14.The former speedster questioned why Warner has the authority to choose his retirement date despite his terrible form with the bat in Tests.
“As we prepare for David Warner’s farewell series, can somebody please tell me why? Why does a struggling Test opener get to nominate his own retirement date? And why a player at the centre of one of the biggest scandals in Australian cricket history warrants a hero’s send-off?” Johnson wrote in a column.
“I have to get in between these two guys at some stage … I think I need to be the mediator and get them both in a room and let them have it out rather than playing it out in the media,” Ponting told Sunrise on Thursday.
Ponting also revealed that the differences between Johnson and Warner are not the new development and it started six or eight months back at the time of Ashes selection.
“They’re both pretty feisty characters and we know this issue that’s come up now goes back six or eight months, back to the Ashes selection. That’s where it all started. It sounds like an issue that’s gone on without either of them sitting down and having a face-to-face conversation. I’d like to see that happen,” he added.
Ponting said Warner is not the only player discussing a farewell tour and he would certainly look to score runs to finish his career on a high.
“He is not the one that’s coming out saying all this stuff about a farewell tour, he just wants to do line up next week in Perth in that Test match and score some runs and he’s made it clear he wants to finish off in Sydney,” Ponting said while backing Warner.
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