Fans react to David Warner's Test cricket retirement

Cricket fans react to the outgoing David Warner as the opening batter plays his final Test match at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

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00:00 Sandpaper is completely irrelevant. David Warner revolutionised cricket.

00:04 Australian hero. 26 test hundreds.

00:11 Look after him.

00:12 He's only doing 45.

00:14 Opening test cricket is pretty bloody hard, so you know.

00:17 David Warner, does he retire a hero or a villain?

00:20 A hero.

00:21 He's done enough since the sandpaper thing to vindicate his career.

00:27 Hero.

00:28 He's a hero.

00:30 No, I'm not a massive fan. I'm going big villain.

00:34 Big villain.

00:35 Goal!

00:36 Yay!

00:38 Is he not retiring an Aussie great in your eyes?

00:41 Oh yeah, he plays the Aussie way, doesn't he?

00:43 Just wouldn't be an English great.

00:45 Yeah, we play the game the right way.

00:47 Hero in terms of the runs and stuff.

00:49 He scored a villain in terms of the spirit of the game.

00:52 I think hero.

00:53 Hero?

00:54 Yeah, great batsman.

00:55 Why?

00:56 Great batsman.

00:57 Yeah, it's one of the greats.

00:58 His record's there for everybody to see, so you can't take that away.

01:03 I've been watching him since I was about 11 years old, which isn't that long, but you know.

01:06 He does the job, he gets it done.

01:08 What do you think about David Warner?

01:10 Well, I got his signature once, that's it.

01:12 That's it, he's your boy.

01:14 Who do you think should be the next opener for Australia?

01:16 Cam Bancroft.

01:17 Righto, that's it. Cam Bancroft.

01:19 Yes.

01:20 Made the call.

01:21 Righto, opener.

01:22 Ball.

01:23 He's a legend, we should be celebrating.

01:25 He scored more runs as an opener than anyone in this era.

01:28 He's an absolute legend.

01:30 [music]