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Warner would have retired during the Ashes if he didn’t make runs at Lord’s and says he is emotional about retiring from Test cricket in Sydney<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n David Warner<\/a> has revealed he was prepared to walk away from Test cricket after the second match of last year’s Ashes series at Lord’s<\/a> if he had not scored runs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the beginning of the England tour, ahead of the World Test Championship final against India, Warner had laid out his ambition to retire in this week’s Sydney Test, but at the time acknowledged form would still play a part. The selectors also initially named the Ashes squad only for the opening two Tests at Edgbaston at Lord’s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now, on the eve of his final Test against Pakistan, he detailed how Lord’s could have been swansong if he did not feel he was contributing to the team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “I said quite clearly in England before the World Test Championship, there was a lot of talk about me and my form, [and] I wanted to nip it in the bud early, I said my ideal preparation to finish would be Sydney,” Warner said on Monday. “But I actually had Lord’s penciled in as my last Test, especially if I didn’t go as well as I did as a partnership with Uzzie [Usman Khawaja] at the top of the order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Then from there it just followed on that we played some good innings together. I didn’t have that hundred [in England] that I always wanted but eluded me. But as a team and as a whole we did our bit, so to get this ending is awesome, but it’s not about me, it’s about us. We’ve won the series, but to win 3-0 and have a whitewash here at the SCG would be a great thing for the team.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n As events played out, Warner made an important 43 on the first day of the WTC final at The Oval<\/a> where Australia beat India, but made only 1 in the second, before scoring 9 and 36 in the first Ashes Test at Edgbaston. He followed that with a vital 66 on the opening day at Lord’s in tricky batting conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n