After the second Ashes series game at Lord's last year, Australia cricketer David Warner said he was ready to give up on Test cricket if he did not make any runs.

While acknowledging that form would still be a factor, Warner had stated his intention to retire in this week's Sydney Test at the start of the England tour, which was held in front of the World Test Championship final against India. Additionally, the Ashes team was first picked by the selectors for just the first two Tests at Edgbaston and Lord's.

Now, just before his last Test match against Pakistan, he explained how, had he not felt that he was making a difference for the team, Lord's might have been the last Test in his career.

"I said quite clearly in England before the World Test Championship, there was a lot of talk about me and my form, and I wanted to nip it in the bud early, I said my ideal preparation to finish would be Sydney. But I actually had Lord's penciled in as my last Test, especially if I didn't go as well as I did as a partnership with Uzzie [Usman Khawaja] at the top of the order,” Warner said.

"Then from there it just followed on that we played some good innings together. I didn't have that hundred in England that I always wanted but eluded me. But as a team and as a whole we did our bit, so to get this ending is awesome, but it's not about me, it's about us. We've won the series [against Pakistan], but to win 3-0 and have a whitewash here at the SCG would be a great thing for the team."