David Warner finds his missing baggy green cap, retiring cricketer expresses relief in video message

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Retiring Australia opener David Warner announced on Friday that he has found his baggy green cap after losing it four days ago while travelling from Melbourne to Sydney before the start of the ongoing third Test match against Pakistan.

The baggy green cap that Warner wore in his debut Test against New Zealand in 2011 was found at the team hotel in Sydney, although how it got there remains unclear. The 37-year-old took to his official Instagram handle and posted a video holding his treasured baggy green cap and thanked the people who helped in finding it.

"Hi everyone, I am very pleased and relieved to let you all know that my baggy greens have been found, which is great news. Thanks to all involved and I am extremely grateful. Qantas, the freight company, our hotels and team management. Thanks you," Warner wrote on Instagram.

"The bag in which they were packed was found at the team hotel, with all the contents inside. The movements of the missing bag are unknown despite extensive searches and the review of CCTV footage at multiple locations and the efforts of numerous parties since Tuesday," a Cricket Australia spokesperson said as quoted by ESPNcricinfo.

Earlier, Warner made an appeal to the public to assist him in finding his Test cap, promising no consequences for the person who would return it. The veteran of 112 Test matches even offered to give his spare backpack in return for the cap which he said was "sentimental to him".

On Monday, the southpaw announced his retirement from ODI cricket, just a couple of days ahead of his farewell Test match against Pakistan at his home arena at Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG).

The two-time Cricket World Cup winner made the announcement on the morning of New Year's Day. David Warner featured in 161 ODI matches and scored 6,932 runs at an average of 45.30 and a strike rate of 97.26. Warner, who scored 34 in his penultimate Test innings, has 26 Test and 22 ODI hundreds to his name.