David Warner lands at SCG for Large Bash League derby between Sydney Thunder and Sixers

In cricket, like politics, lots can occur in every week. Final Saturday, David Warner walked off the SCG for the ultimate time as a Take a look at participant to a standing ovation and rapturous applause.

Six days later, he landed reverse the Members’ Pavilion in a helicopter recent from his brother’s marriage ceremony celebrations within the Hunter Valley, able to open the batting for the Sydney Thunder in opposition to the Sydney Sixers.

The 45-minute helicopter trip from Cessnock is reported to have value slightly below $5000, with the bills shared between Cricket Australia and the Thunder to deliver the batsman again in time for the BBL.

Between the search to retrieve his saggy inexperienced cap, taking part in his final Take a look at innings and eventually negotiating an entrance to the SCG befitting Bollywood, not the BBL, there’s little or no that’s linear about Warner’s life.

Followers had already gathered in numbers outdoors the SCG not less than three hours earlier than the conflict between Warner’s Thunder and Steve Smith’s Sixers, arriving early of their pink and inexperienced jerseys hoping to see the opener fly in.

The solar was shining, college was off and the sold-out crowd have the prospect of seeing Warner sq. off in opposition to his successor as Australia’s Take a look at opener to sit up for, alongside potential sightings of the helicopter.

Inside the bottom, Warner’s arrival had been intricately deliberate with staged choreography that included precise timings of when and the way he would arrive.

The helicopter’s precise flight was mapped out for the fleet of photographers and tv cameras to make sure the grand entrance wasn’t in useless. If you will shell out 1000’s to land a helicopter on the outfield, it’s pertinent that the perfect angles are captured.