
The row in Australian cricket over David Warner’s planned farewell is rumbling on, with Usman Khawaja leaping to his opening partner’s defence after Mitchell Johnson claimed his former team-mate is not deserving of a “hero’s send-off”.
Warner announced earlier this year that he intends to retire from Test cricket following the upcoming series against Pakistan and has been named in a 14-man squad, with the New Year's Test at his home Sydney Cricket Ground earmarked for his final game.