Pressure on a weak point, compounded by bad Tests and bad innings past. As Australia's selectors mull over the fourth Ashes Test, they probably won't drop David Warner from opening but it is a chance more genuine than at any other time in his career.
Even if selectors stay calm, much of the public is agitated. Combine Warner's declining returns in general, a bad record in England specifically and his horror Ashes tour in 2019, and there is a statistical argument he should not even have started the series, much less be in with a chance to finish it. Then add a personality that draws disapproval - such shortcomings can be outweighed by on-field success, but once success gets slimmer the scales tilt fast.
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