David Warner, fresh out of Test and ODI retirement, showed up at the Sydney Cricket Ground in a helicopter.
Flying in straight from his brother's wedding in the Hunter Valley, the 37-year-old's chopper touched down on the outfield near the 'Thanks Dave' logo, which was painted for his last Test.
"He's going to take a lot of effort to come and play for us," Thunder quick Gurinder Sandhu was quoted as saying by ESPNCricinfo.
"We love having him here. Last year he was awesome for us, maybe didn't score as many runs as he would have liked but around the group and passing on knowledge was awesome to have him around,” Sandhu added.
Warner pulled the curtains down on a glorious Test career in front of his home crowd at the SCG last week, guiding Australia to a convincing win in the third Test with a fluent half-century.
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(With PTI inputs)