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Wednesday, Jun 11, 2025
In his book, which is being serialised in a British newspaper, Stokes claims Warner's sledging motivated him during his match-winning heroics in the third Ashes Test this year.
The 33-year-old opener finished another sunny day in Brisbane on 151 not out off 265 deliveries with Australia in control at 312 for one in reply to Pakistan's 240.
Aaron Finch's side beat Sri Lanka and Pakistan in recent back-to-back T20 series to go unbeaten in the format in 2019 and Gilchrist said home conditions would make Australia hard to beat when the World Cup starts next October.
Seamer Mitchell Starc grabbed four wickets as Pakistan staggered to 96/6 at stumps in reply to Australia's 589/3 declared in the day-night Test.
Both Smith and Warner are eligible to return to the national side after their 12-month suspensions for ball-tampering ended on Thursday.
Smith and Warner were suspended for 12 months for their roles in a ball-tampering scandal in South Africa last year and can return to top-level cricket at the end of the month.
Selectors named an unchanged 15-man squad for the five ODIs in the Gulf and said it had been agreed the IPL was the 'best pathway' for the two as they each recover from elbow injuries and serve out the final weeks of their ball-tampering bans.
Much has changed since Cricket Australia slapped former captain Smith and his deputy Warner with 12-month suspensions for the Cape Town scandal, while giving Cameron Bancroft a lighter nine-month sentence.
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