Warner only managed 24 in the first inning at The Oval.
The left-handed opener has scored 225 runs at a dismal average of 25.00 in nine innings in Ashes, including only one half-century (66) during the second Test at Lord’s.
“There’s a bit of pressure on Dave Warner. He looked ok, but then, got out again. To be honest, I think, unfortunately, that maybe, it’s coming towards the end of his career,” McGrath told SENQ Breakfast.
“I know he came out the other day and said he wanted to play it until the end of next summer. But I think the pressure is on him. The vultures are circling. Unless he comes out in the second dig and produces a big score, I think he might struggle,” he said.
Despite rumours that he would retire from Test cricket after the Ashes, Warner has ruled that out.
Warner has intimated that he would like to retire at his home ground, Sydney Cricket Ground, during the upcoming Test series against Pakistan.
With only one century in his last 25 Tests, McGrath believes Warner’s consistency has been an issue recently, as he has gotten off to excellent starts only to give them away.
“Unfortunately, he’s got a lot of starts in this series and then just gets out. I’m not sure what’s there. The timing is not quite there. He had that big innings back in Australia on Boxing Day where he got the 200, but there hasn’t been a sort of real big score before or after that for quite some time”
“He’s probably feeling the pressure, he still talks it up and says he’s going fine and this and that, but he’s got to put the runs on the board, unfortunately,” he concluded.
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