However,Warner left the door ajar for a potential return to 50-over cricket in the 2025 Champions Trophy,a mini World Cup.

“I know there’s a Champions Trophy coming up. If I’m playing decent cricket in two years’ time and I’m around and they need someone,I’m going to be available,” he said.

He will continue to be intermittently available for Australia’s T20 team,with a view to playing the T20 World Cup in June in the West Indies and US. Victory would mean Australia hold all three major International Cricket Council trophies,along with the World Cup and World Test Championship title.

Warner is likely to miss the T20 series against the West Indies in February as he expands his new cricketing life as a T20 gun for hire. His IPL team,Delhi Capitals,owns a team in the UAE’s T20 competition,Dubai Capitals.

He is seeking an NOC (No Objection Certificate) from Cricket Australia to play in the league,with the Dubai team’s first game to be played on January 21. Warner will play a few matches for Sydney Thunder in January but would miss the BBL finals if he is cleared by CA to play in the UAE.

His two-year contract to play matches for the Thunder when available ends this season,but he said he was keen to continue playing in the competition.

Warner announced at the beginning of last year’s Ashes tour that he would like to finish his Test career in Sydney this week,but said he had wondered if the second Test at Lord’s in June would be his last.

“It has actually become more emotional,” Warner said of his approaching Test retirement. “When I looked at Lord’s as a potential finish,I didn’t really have many emotions because I was content.

“I might not have been scoring runs,but I still had the desire to play Test cricket. I love the game of cricket,it doesn’t matter what format I’m playing. But definitely it’s been emotional since Perth,since I’ve been back to Australia and knowing that I’m playing[my final Test series].

“Getting that 160[164 at Perth Stadium last month],putting us into a great position for the team,it hit home when people in the streets were coming up and saying,‘Well done,we support you,we back you’. It really means a lot.

“The emotions probably started then. I thank all the supporters and the fans out there,because they’re the key shareholders in the game. Without them,you know,we don’t get to play the game that we love. We don’t get to entertain – and we’re in the entertainment business. That really,really means a lot to all of us.”

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