Australian all-rounder Tim David has made it clear that there is little to no possibility of a comeback to the ODI format, even as selectors are retooling the team in the wake of the surprise 50-over retirements of Glenn Maxwell and Marcus Stoinis. Though his name has cropped up as a possible inclusion for Australia’s build-up for the 2027 ODI World Cup, David is set on T20 cricket.
“Definitely having conversations in the background with my coaches, and people that I want to talk to about my game at the moment,” David said on Tuesday.
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“I’m not too sure, to be honest. It’s not the immediate plan. We’ve got such a busy year, to be honest, leading up to this T20 World Cup. The winter actually looks quite different for me this year. Previously, I would have been away for four or five months in a row over the winter playing competitions. And now we’ve got so many T20 series that there’s not much time to think about much else. So we’ll see how that develops. But, at the moment, no plans.”
Tim David has been recovering from hamstring injury in Perth which he sustained during IPL 2025. He is also preparing fro Australia’s T20 tour which will start from July 20 in Jamaica. The 29-year-old hasn’t appeared in a List A game since his last ODI outing in 2023, and hasn’t played many domestic 50-over games at all his sole One-Day Cup game was back in 2021 for Tasmania. He also still lacks a local contract, having most recently signed a rookie deal with Western Australia in 2017–18, before playing briefly for Singapore.
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David has signed on with the Hobart Hurricanes for two additional seasons of BBL but will miss the next Global T20 League as a result of the slower-than-anticipated recovery from his IPL injury incurred during a successful stint with Royal Challengers Bengaluru, where he was instrumental before missing the playoffs.
