David Warner’s Test retirement hangover has followed him to the UAE as he made a sluggish start to life as a freelance T20 specialist.
But new Australian squad member Jake Fraser-McGurk took all of his Big Bash momentum with him to the Middle East as he began his ILT20 stint with a rapid half-century for the Dubai Capitals.
The 21-year-old crashed 54 off 25 balls, including four sixes, in his first overseas T20 game on Sunday before a cameo of 14 off nine on Tuesday morning.
Warner, who is the captain of the Delhi Capitals-owned franchise, continued to struggle out of the blocks after his slow-scoring knocks of 37 and 13 for the Sydney Thunder, posting one off seven balls as he holed out to Trent Boult in the first match before scratching 20 off 27 as his side lost to Daniel Sams’ Sharjah Warriors.
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