Aus selector Bailey confirms Warner is not in 'planning' for Champions Trophy

Australias national selector George Bailey confirmed that David Warner is not in consideration for next years ICC Champions Trophy 2025 which will be held in PakistanWarners international retirement has come in parts over the last year He brought the curtain down in Test format in December 2023 after Australias threematch redball series against PakistanHe announced his retirement from the 50over format after their recordextending sixth ODI World Cup in India last yearLast month he had his last dance in international circuit after the Baggy Greens crashed out of the T20 World Cup in the Super 8 stageLast week in an Instagram post Warner left the door ajar by making himself available for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025I will continue to play franchise cricket for a while and I am also open to playing for Australia in the Champions Trophy if selected he posted on InstagramHowever Bailey confirmed that Warner wont be in Australia managements plans as they look to prepare for the tournamentOur understanding is that David is retired and he should be commended on what has been an incredible career across all three formats Certainly our planning is that he wont be there in Pakistan Bailey said as quoted from ESPNcricinfoAlso Read BCCI should give in writing that Indian Govt has declined permission to play in Pakistan PCBYou never know when Bulls joking think hes just stirring the pot a bit Hes had a wonderful career cant celebrate it enough and think as time goes by his legacy of what he has done for Australia and we reflect back on that the legend of a player is only going to continue to grow But as far as this team goes and the journey to transition to some different players in his case across all three formats its going to be exciting he addedBailey also reflected on Australias campaign in the T20 World Cup which ended in the Super 8 following their defeats against India and AfghanistanStill think that the T20 side the foundation of it is a really good team It didnt feel like we needed to completely rip it apart and start from scratch But its also a great opportunity to start to explore some other guys Coopers one who hasnt had an opportunity and theres a number of guys who have been on some tours and played one or two games but havent had a great deal of opportunity yet So excited to see them get a bit more of an opportunity and start to work out how they fit into that team or into that squad he saidMitchell Marsh led the Australian side during the World Cup and he will continue with the captaincy on their upcoming tour of Scotland and England Pat Cummins has been rested for the entire tourI loved the way he Marsh captained through the T20 World Cup He was really clear on how he wanted to lead that team He was as disappointed as anyone that we didnt get to the end goal that everyone was hoping to achieve but if you look at his early success rate as a captain across T20 hes done a really great job Bailey saidThe Baggy Greens will play a threematch T20I series against Scotland in September After that Australia will also play three T20Is and five ODIs against England later in the monthThe three T20Is against Scotland will be played on September 4 6 and 7 and the England T20I series will begin on September 11With agency inputs