Warner adamant Broad record is not on his mind

The choice got here after hypothesis over whether or not Warner might be squeezed out, after a double failure at Headingley final week took his sequence common to 23.5.

Devoid of any actual sledging aimed in his route on this sequence, Warner quipped on a podcast this week he had been enjoying Barmy Military chants again and again whereas dealing with as much as bat.

Included in these is the mantra of “Broady is gonna get you” after the opener heard it on repeat all through the opening Take a look at at Edgbaston and within the matches that adopted.

However regardless, the 36-year-old insisted Broad’s file in opposition to him was not genuinely on his thoughts when dealing with up the short.

“I do not actually take into consideration the match-up,” Warner stated on the Vaughany and Tuffers Cricket Membership podcast.

“You consider the ball that is coming at you, how you will rating. He bowls in an important space on a regular basis.

“I at all times love dealing with Broady. We have now two left-handed opening batters and he’s certainly one of, if not the very best bowler to left-handers in as we speak’s sport. He’s so good at it.

“Jimmy (Anderson) is there as effectively. These are guys we’ve got watched and performed in opposition to for a very long time.”

Warner was additionally adamant he nonetheless feels in wonderful kind forward of the fourth Ashes Take a look at, arguing Broad merely beat him with two good balls at Headingley.

“I really feel like I’m in nice contact,” Warner stated. “I’ve felt good within the nets, main in I had good periods in opposition to our quicks at Beckenham (earlier than the sequence).

“Lord’s was most likely the very best I’ve batted within the final two years. Simply holding my line.

“We have now batted in most likely the hardest situations thus far. In Leeds, I acquired two good balls.

“You possibly can’t do an excessive amount of about that … You simply need to take it on the chin, cannot do something about it.”