After Kohli, David Warner speaks about managing heavy schedule

Bengaluru, February 19: Recently, India skipper Virat Kohli had urged the powers that be to look into the hectic schedule of Indian cricket team. Kohli's request has found an echo in Australian opener David Warner.

Warner said the onus is on Cricket Australia and the country's leading cricketers to better manage player workloads and the relentless international schedule.

"In hindsight, you can say yes (given) the way that we performed," Warner told cricket.com.au when asked if Australia's leading players should have sat out of the ODI series against England.

"I just think the thing that's missing is the gap between the last Test and the first one-day game. England had, I think, four players maybe (playing both Tests and ODIs) and besides Chris Woakes, there wasn't another bowler. You look at little things like that that can benefit us in a way.

It was a bit of a mental breakdown from a few of us," said Warner.

"If you look at the Twenty20 team at the moment, the way these guys have come out of the Big Bash fresh, they're just killing it.

"It's sort of set the example that if we come around to the same situation again with a big Ashes series, do we look at certain things? And that's up to Cricket Australia to look at and judge.

"It's up to the individual as well to put their hand up. If you are cooked or something, you're an adult, you're not going to get shot down for putting your hand up. We have the onus upon ourselves to do that."

But Warner admitted it would be difficult for players to give up the chance to play for their country.

"We're never going to put our hand up to say we need a rest, that's for sure, because every day we're living the dream," said Warner.