David Warner to retire from Test cricket in 2023-24 summer

David Warner has announced he plans to retire from Test cricket this summer, with the Australia opener eying off a Sydney farewell against Pakistan.

Warner will regain his spot at the top of the order and open against India in the World Test Championship final on Wednesday at The Oval in London. He then hopes to play through the Ashes and the first three Tests of the home summer against Pakistan, before bowing out in the New Year’s fixture in Sydney.

That would leave Australia eying off a new era at the top of the order for the final two Tests of the home summer against West Indies in Adelaide and Brisbane.

“I can definitely say I won’t be playing that West Indies series,” Warner said from Australia’s training in England. “If I get through this and I can make the Pakistan series I’ll definitely finish up.

“I’ve always played every game as if it’s my last. It’s my style of cricket. I just keep working as hard as I can to get to there,” Warner said. “It starts this Test against India and I’m just looking forward to that challenge and then the challenge that presents itself against England.”

Warner’s retirement from Tests will form part of a staggered exit from international cricket in the next 12 months.

The 36-year-old has previously indicated he intends to retire from one-day cricket after this year’s 50-over World Cup in India.

Next year’s Twenty20 World Cup in the Caribbean and USA would then mark his last international tournament, if the opener has his way.

“You’ve got to score runs. I’ve always said the world cup would probably be my final game,” Warner said. “We’ve got a lot of cricket before that, and then I think it stops from February.

“I’ll have to play obviously IPL some of the other franchise leagues and then