Australias hard hitting opening batsmen David Warner has blasted Cricket Australia (CA) for "very, very poor scheduling decision, as Australia would be playing a Twenty20 international at home just a day before they begin a Test series in India.
"Scheduling is obviously Cricket Australia's area," Warner said, reported Fox Sports. "They play the big role in putting that on. For me, it's about going out there and playing the game and not worrying too much about that. In saying that, it is very, very poor scheduling. To have your Test team going away to play a Test match... it doesn't make any sense to us.
After whitewashing Pakistan at home, team Australia next frontier is the upcoming Test series in India. The Test players will be spending up to two weeks training at the ICC Academy in Dubai before they head for Mumbai. While, during this period a T20 team will be representing Australia in three internationals at home against Sri Lanka.
Warner, who represents the Australian side in all three formats opined that the national T20 team have a bigger goal and bigger picture, and that is to win a World Cup. You want to be putting your best team on the park all the time. At the end of the day, you've got Big Bash and IPL.
"If me, Smithy, Starcy, Ussy, Shaun Marsh -- all these guys that are in the Australian T20 team from the previous World Cup -- if we are not playing any T20 cricket in Australia where the next World Cup is meant to be, it becomes quite a tough thing for selectors to work around. We have one-day stuff where you can put your foot down and prove some things, but for me it's about playing my best in any of the three formats that you play."
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