- Randwick City Council wants to honor cricketer David Warner
- Motion passed to name indoor center in Maroubra after batsman
- The development left locals in Randwick LGA divided on social media
- Warner, 37, grew up in nearby Matraville, in Sydney’s east.
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A local Sydney council is set to pay tribute to the Test career of retired Australian opening batsman David Warner, and the move has left cricket fans divided.
Randwick City Council, the local government area (LGA) where Warner spent his youthful days developing his technique, has tabled a motion to name a new indoor cricket center at Maroubra’s Snape Park in honor of the 37-year-old.
Proposing for the first time that a cricket venue in the area be named after Warner, the council stated: ‘What better way to celebrate a local Randwick City legend. We all know David Warner as the legendary Test cricketer, but did you know that he is also a Matraville boy?
‘After attending Matraville Public School and Randwick Boys’ High School, David became the fifth highest run-scorer in Australian Test history and has the second-highest individual score in Australian history.
“He was a Matraville boy who did well.”
A local Sydney council plans to pay tribute to the Test career of retired Australian opening batsman David Warner, and the move has left cricket fans divided.
Warner grew up in Matraville and still resides in Sydney’s east with his family (pictured)
Councilman Daniel Rosenfeld, who supported the motion, said Yahoo Sports An original plan to name the nearby Heffron Park nets was considered, before Warner was personally consulted about the indoor cricket centre.
“There have been consultations with David regarding this and the move (to Snape Park) takes into account David’s youth playing history,” Rosenfeld said.
“I think it is appropriate to name such a facility after David, given that he grew up in our area and achieved great things for the Australian cricket team over a long period of time.”
News of Randwick City Council’s permanent tribute to Warner generated a mixed response on social media.
“That whole park should be called David Warner Oval… what a heartbreaking cricketer,” said one fan at the Council Facebook page.
But another responded: “Bad move by Randwick Council, there are many more community members who deserve to name things.”
A third posted: “No he is a disgrace to Australian sport, (a) proven cheater.”
In a decorated Test career, Warner plundered 8786 runs between 2011 and 2024 to finish ahead of his opening partners. Matthew Hayden (8,626), Mark Taylor (7,525) and Michael Slater (5,312).
Warner will end his international career at the T20 World Cup in the US and West Indies in June.