England will attempt to regain the Ashes when they head to Australia next winter having drawn a thrilling series 2-2 on home turf in 2023.
The success of the attacking approach to Test cricket fostered by coach Brendon McCullum and captain Ben Stokes will be judged, for a large part, on the outcome of that Ashes tour.
However, Warner is sceptical that ‘Bazball’ will work in conditions down under with Australia’s “world class” bowling attack boasting in excess of 1,400 Test wickets the “biggest hurdle for England”.
He said: “I don’t know if ‘Bazball’ is a myth now over there [in England], but I can’t see it happening in Australia with the bounce and the fields Australia set last time in England.
“It would be pretty high risk to play like that in Australia. Given that you want to wear the wickets out a little bit, get into day four, day five, it’s probably not the way to go about it.”
Warner claimed any England players who will attempt to pick his brains this summer to get the inside track on Australia’s players before the Ashes will get short shrift.
“I’ll be getting asked a lot of questions I’m sure and I’ll be tight lipped,” he added.
Warner also said if Australia had an injury crisis during the Ashes he would turn down a call-up even if it was an emergency situation.
He had offered to come out of retirement last year for Australia’s series with India when they had been struggling to find an opening partner for Khawaja, but is now retired permanently.
“Because we had people falling over left, right and centre, it was just basically a hand up if you needed it [against India],” Warner said.
“I’m well and truly done from that international scene. And as much as I’d love to be part of the Ashes again, that’s me done.”
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