David Warner reveals his beloved Baggy Green has been FOUND – but fans notice a glaring unanswered question about the saga that stunned the sporting world on the eve of the star cricketer’s retirement
David Warner’s missing Baggy Green Test caps have been found – although the retired Aussie opener has provided no insight into where they were or who took them in the first place.
Earlier, he had launched an emotional appeal on Instagram on Tuesday for the return of his Baggy Green caps.
His prized headgear was in a backpack that was lost in transit between Melbourne and Sydney this week.
That backpack was reportedly found at the Australian team’s hotel in Sydney, with all its contents intact.
Warner and the Australian team have not made any statement about where the backpack has been for the past three days.
Warner is currently playing in his 112th and final Test match for Australia against Pakistan where he made 34 in the first innings.
On Friday morning he announced that the Baggy Green had returned safe and sound.
Warner’s Baggy Green was lost in transit from Melbourne to Sydney after a backpack he owned went missing
“Hi everyone, I’m very happy and relieved to let you all know that my baggy greens have been found, which is great news,” he announced on Instagram today.
‘Thanks to everyone involved and I am extremely grateful. Qantas, the freight company, our hotels and team management. Thank you.’
It comes after his earlier plea to find the Baggy Greens, in which he suggested the backpack had been stolen.
“Unfortunately, someone took my backpack out of my luggage, which contained my backpack and my girls’ presents,” Warner said ahead of the SCG test.
‘My baggy green was in this backpack. It’s sentimental to me. It’s something I’d like to have in my hands when I walk around there this week.
“If it’s the backpack you really wanted, I have a spare here. You won’t get into trouble.
‘Please contact Cricket Australia or myself via my social media. I’ll be happy to give you this if you give me back my bags of greens.’
Some fans used Warner’s happy news as an opportunity to take the mickey from the star, suggesting the drama only happened because he “left the cap on the bedside table.”
It didn’t take long for Warner’s Instagram followers to send down a few jokes at his expense
Contrary to what this fan says, the missing backpack containing the baggy green caps was found at the Australian team’s hotel in Sydney.
Some cricket fans used Warner’s upbeat announcement on Friday morning – and his failure to reveal how the cap was found – as an opportunity to make jokes at the star’s expense and humorously suggest he was the reason the headgear disappeared.
“You left it in your hotel room in Melbourne, didn’t you?” wrote one.
“Davy Dumb Dumb lost it himself but accepts no blame,” said another commenter.
Other similar comments included: “Great story you made up Davo,” “Since you didn’t mention where it was found, assume you’ve had it the whole time or you didn’t pack it as it was originally made up’ and ‘Leave it on the bedside table. isn’t it Davey’.
Daily Mail Australia does not suggest that Warner was in any way dishonest about what happened to the cap.
Other fans had a different angle, suggesting the cap came from rivals from Warner’s long career.
“Respect to Stuart Broad for giving it back,” one fan wrote, referring to the England cricket star known for his stellar record against the Australian.
“Babar taken?” asked another, referring to Pakistani star Babar Azam, who stars in the current series.
However, convicted drug trafficker Schapelle Corby stole some of Warner’s attention with a cheeky response to his social media appeal.
‘Qantas! Well, I have a story for you,” she posted accompanied by an exploding head emoji.
A relieved Warner has announced the safe return of his prized Baggy Green, which he wore throughout his career
Warner had to borrow a spare Baggy Green to wear in his 112th and final Test match against Pakistan at the SCG
Corby is known for her high-profile trial and incarceration related to drug trafficking in Indonesia.
Her legal defense team had raised the possibility that a Qantas baggage handler had planted marijuana in her boogie board bag.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was among the high-profile identities who had joined the call to return Warner’s Baggy Green.
“And I really hope, it hasn’t happened yet, whoever knows anything about the missing caps, David Warner has represented Australia more than a hundred times,” he said earlier this week.
‘The wide green caps are his. He earned them and they must be returned.”
Teammate Mitch Marsh had jokingly claimed he was the perpetrator.
“I should probably tell him it’s been in my backpack for the last few days,” Marsh said.
“A strange situation and it could probably only happen to Davey.”