'Arrogant' Warner claims not scared of any bowler ahead of WC showdown

As the World Cup looms up next month, an arrogant Australian opener David Warner has claimed that he is not scared of any bowler in the world and insisted that he has taken most of them down.

Despite failing to dominate the 50-over format of the game as he has dominated the other two formats, Warner is confident that he would destroy bowlers on the bouncy pitch in Australia, who co-host the elite tournament with New Zealand starting from 14 February.

Warner averages nearly 50 in Tests, with 12 hundreds from 36 matches and in the Twenty20 format where he first cut his teeth as an international force, he is without peer, the Daily Telegraph reported.

However, in 50 ODIs, Warner averages just 31.40 and his two hundreds came nearly three years ago. The opener was also been left out of the last World Cup, and was stood down from the 2013 Champions Trophy after punching Joe Root in a Birmingham nightclub and then being dropped from the side altogether a short time later.

But, Warner doesn't take a backward step. He declared that he fears no bowler and made no apology if he comes across as arrogant for saying so.

Warner said that there's no bowler in the world that he is scared of, adding that he would be arrogant and say that he has taken most of them down. He added that Dale Steyn is a very good one-day bowler, a very good Twenty20 bowler, and the South African spearhead is one bowler he tries and takes on.

Warner claimed that he's come unstuck switching between formats in the past because he's felt the urge to go harder with his striking.

He admitted that he was horrible when he first started one-day cricket, adding that last year he played Twenty20 cricket and then came back out and batted like a cowboy in the Boxing Day Test.

Warner claimed that it was not his ability to play the game, it was his head thinking that he wants to hit every ball out of the park.

Australia will face England and India in an ODI tri-series before the World Cup starts on February 14.