Baggy Greens were with the rest of the team’s luggage.
The caps had been placed in another part of the room.
The Warner name tag on the bag was also facing the wall.
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The mystery surrounding David Warner’s missing Baggy Green caps appears to have finally been solved.
The veteran opener made a desperate plea for the return of his prized caps after they lost them on the way to their farewell test at the SCG.
Warner posted a heartbreaking video on social media to say his backpack had been lost in transit between the second Test in Melbourne and the team’s arrival in Sydney.
The Baggy Green caps reappeared just after the Test began, but Warner gave no details about where they had been or who had taken them.
Candice Warner also sidestepped questions about the mystery when she appeared on Channel Seven’s Sunrise last Friday, saying it was a “matter for security management.”
The backpack containing Warner’s caps traveled with the rest of the team’s equipment to Sydney, where a series of errors prevented it from being found sooner.
The bag with the caps was placed in a different part of the room to the rest of Warner’s team (pictured, Warner with his wife Candice in his final trial for Australia).
It has now been revealed by the Sydney Morning Herald that the bag containing the caps never left its place with the rest of the luggage in the team room at the Intercontinental hotel in Double Bay.
Two sources, speaking anonymously, revealed his bag had traveled with the rest of the team’s gear from Melbourne to Sydney.
That means Qantas’ search for the bag in Melbourne was a waste of time.
The backpack was placed in a smaller cricket bag known as a “half-coffin”, rather than a larger “full-coffin” bag, which is where Warner thought it would likely be found.
To add to the confusion, the bag containing Warner’s backpack was placed in a different part of the room from the rest of Warner’s team, and the label ‘David Warner’ was tucked under the bag and not seen by those who were looking for her.
The Baggy Green saga became a huge talking point, with Anthony Albanese joining the chorus of those begging for the return of Warner’s cap, sending a message to Sunrise reporter Liam Tapper, which he read aloud on Wednesday for the morning.
‘A lost baggy green? Well, that’s not cricket!’ said the Prime Minister’s text.
‘Davey earned the right to wear it one last time. If you can help, let’s make it happen.’
Pakistan captain Shan Masood also supported Warner and called for the green player’s return during his pre-match press conference.
The backpack containing the caps finally turned up after what now appears to be a comedy of errors.
“There should be a nationwide search by the Australian government right now,” he said.
“Maybe we need the best detectives to bring that back. (Warner) has been a great ambassador and deserves every respect, every celebration for his incredible career.”
Warner posted a desperate plea for help finding the caps on their social media accounts.
“Unfortunately someone took my backpack out of my luggage that had my backpack and my daughters’ gifts in there,” Warner said.
‘Inside this backpack was my baggy green one. It’s sentimental to me. It’s something I’d love to get my hands on this week.
‘If it’s the backpack you really wanted, I have a spare one here. You won’t get into trouble.
‘Please contact Cricket Australia or me via my social media channels. I’ll be happy to give you this if you return my baggy vegetables.
Finally, another check of the 64 bags in the room by the team manager located the half-coffin bag containing the backpack with the Baggy Greens.
A very relieved Warner was able to wear his caps for the last two days of his final test.
When asked after the game where the Baggy Greens had been, Warner indicated he had no idea.
‘You’re going to have to ask security. I wish I would have made a joke like that,” Warner said.
‘You’ll have to ask Frank (Dimasi) or Stu Bailey (security staff). They literally handed it to me and there was nothing (he told me). That’s legitimate.’