Warner wants confident comrade

David Warner wants his new Test match opening partner to have the confidence to speak his mind from the get go as the search for Chris Rogers’ replacement continues.

Warner will have a new partner at the top of the order for the first time in two years when Australia travel to Bangladesh for a two-Test series in October following the retirement of veteran Rogers at the conclusion of the Ashes.

The combo of Warner and Rogers was one of Australia’s most prolific opening partnerships, combining for more than 2000 runs and nine century stands – the fourth most for their nation.

One of the secrets of their success was the frank and honest assessment of each other’s game during the heat of the battle, and Warner wants the same feedback from his new teammate.

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“Sometimes you think you'll be doing all the talking, but you've got to put it straight out there on the table that you'll be working together as a team,” Warner said in Belfast last week.

“It doesn't matter who you are, whoever the next person is who comes in the team, they have to feel the right to say something to me as well.

“Because at the end of the day sometimes you can go away from your game - and that player will, as I do, have to try and watch their game and learn their game.

“And if I feel they're slightly going away from what their game plan is, I'll just reassure them a little bit.

“Hopefully they've either seen me or I've played with them before. It's going to be interesting times ahead, that's for sure.”

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When Rogers was selected for his second stint in the Baggy Green for the 2013 Ashes series in England, the gritty left-hander brought with him more than 20,000 first-class runs and 50 centuries.

Australia’s new opener will unlikely have that much experience when he steps into the cauldron of Test cricket, and Warner says he’ll have to work with his unfamiliar ally at practice to succeed at the highest level.

“He brought a lot of experience to the table, didn't he?” Warner said of Rogers.

“With him slotting straight in, he knew his game so well. He knew his game at first-class level and he knew weight of runs was always going to be on his side when he came into the team.

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“It is going to be challenging for the next person coming in, whether it's a person who has played or hasn't played (at this level), because they're going to have to establish themselves at that top level.

“It is very tough. I still find it tough to play Test match cricket.

“You've got to identify and weigh up how you're going to go about that.

“We're going to have to work very closely together at training as well as when we're out in the middle.”

One contender for the vacant opening spot is Warner’s one-day comrade Joe Burns.

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Burns played two Tests batting at No.6 last summer, but made his one-day international debut alongside Warner against Ireland in Belfast a week ago.

The pair put on 139 in their first innings together and Warner was impressed with the Queenslander’s temperament in his maiden ODI.

“Anytime you get a new partner or a new player in the team, you have to try and work out how to adapt,” Warner said.

“I think when you're out there, seeing how he (Burns) plays and how he goes about his game, I just kept on telling him to keep it in check a little bit, especially in those conditions.

“Yesterday was a little bit slow, a little bit seamy, but I felt the way he played was fantastic - especially on debut.

“I think a lot of the balls he put away were there to hit. Sometimes you're not going to get that a lot, so he's got to keep that in check a little bit and keep working as hard as he can on his game to keep scoring runs.

“But for yesterday, I think a 100-run partnership from batting together for the first time I thought was very, very impressive. We complemented each other when we were out there.”

Warner and Burns team up for the second time in Southampton tonight in the first of five ODIs against England.