David Warner booed vs Afghanistan: Watch Australian batsman receives harsh reception from English crowd

David Warner booed vs Afghanistan: Australia opening batsman received a harsh reception from the English crowd at Bristol.

During the fourth match of the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 between Afghanistan and Australia at Bristol, Australia defeated Afghanistan by 7 wickets to start their World Cup journey on a winning note.

Afghanistan captain Gulbadin Naib’s decision to bat first after winning the toss didn’t go too well for him as the Australian bowlers reduced the opposition to 207 in 38.2 overs. With bowling figures of 8.2-0-40-3, Australia fast bowler Pat Cummins was the pick of their bowlers.

Other than Cummins, leg-spinner Adam Zampa and all-rounder Marcus Stoinis dismissed three and two batsmen respectively.

#CmonAussie

Victory for Australia by seven wickets – David Warner ends on 89 not out while #AaronFinch also passed fifty to get his side off to a solid start at #CWC19 pic.twitter.com/DBrRWmPOy7

— ICC (@ICC) June 1, 2019

Australia captain Aaron Finch’s brisk 22nd ODI half-century was an apt platform for the others to gain on the advantage and seal the chase. The same eventually happened as opening batsman David Warner (89) and all-rounder Glenn Maxwell (4) brought the chase to an end in the 35th over.

David Warner booed vs Afghanistan

During the course of his Man of the Match, Warner was booed several times by the English crowd. In what was an unwanted incident, it all started when came out to open the batting with Finch. The same was repeated when when Warner completed his half-century in the 23rd over.

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It is worth mentioning that the ODI was Warner’s first since January 2018. The southpaw was banned for a year due to his involvement in the Cape Town Ball Tampering Scandal. Since Warner has served his punishment, one sees no reason for people to boo him now.

Warner was not the only Australian cricketer to receive such a treatment yesterday. Steven Smith, who was also banned for a year due to same reason, was greeted with booing when he came out to bat. The duo received the same treatment during Australia’s warm-up match against England.

While Smith scored a century during the warm-up match, Warner playing a responsible innings in Australia’s tournament opener was the perfect answer to his critics.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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