David Warner has leadership potential, feels Oz coach Mickey Arthur

Australian head coach, Mickey Arthur has seen leadership qualities in the young opening batsman David Warner.

Following his brilliant batting show in the third Test against India, Warner has been collecting a lot of praise. The 25-year-old smashed a fantastic 180-run-innings at Perth, steering the Aussies to a comprehensive win by an innings and 37 runs.

Warner started off his career as a Twenty20 specialist, but quickly proved his mettle in every form of the game. Cameron White, the Australia T20 captain, has been displaying a dismal show over the past few months and therefore, many pundits are backing
Warner as the next T20 skipper.

However, Arthur feels that the aggressive opener has potential to lead national side in all three versions of the sport.

"Davey has leadership potential. He has the ability to lead any Australian team in any form of the game at some stage," Arthur said.

The newly appointed mentor added, "Whether that’s in the next couple of weeks or whether that’s in a year or five years time I’m not sure.  He has a very good cricket brain. He leads a lot by example. He trains the house down. The perceptions
that everybody had of David Warner and the reality of David Warner the person are poles apart."

The Kangaroos have secured the series 3-0, but there are still some issues to address. Ricky Ponting and Michael Hussey have regained their form, however Shaun Marsh’s form is Australia’s biggest problem at the moment.

However, the coach believes that the classy left-handed batsman will soon come out of his lean patch. He, meanwhile, hinted that the injured all-rounder, Shane Watson will be available for the tri-angular ODI series, scheduled next
month.

"If Shaun gets that opportunity, which I’m hoping he does, I’m pretty sure he’ll go out there and perform well. I’m just hoping he gets through it and gets a score, because if he gets a score, Shaun is a player who, once he gets on a roll, is hard to bowl
at. Hopefully Adelaide is the catalyst for him," uttered the 43-year-old former South African cricketer.

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