Australian cricket star David Warner has traded his cricket whites for a white hard hat as he works on his own building site.
The 31-year-old - who now has plenty of time on his hands after being banned from wearing the baggy green for 12 months - has been busy getting down and dirty with the tools.
He was observed working in a black singlet and white hard hat with the words "D Warner", "Project Manager" and "Apprenctice celebrity" written on it as he got busy on the worksite.
According to The Australian, Warner purchased a 900 square metre oceanfront property in 2015 for a whopping $4 million.
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Warner and his wife Candice decided to knock down the property and build a new five-level mansion which the glamour family could move into or potentially use as an investment property.
The intitial project began 14 months ago, but progress has been slow on the worksite meaning Warner has decided to get his hands dirty in a bid to get the project moving.
With the pressures and time contraints of being a professional cricketer for his country no longer existent for the next 12 months, the Aussie opener has been having discussions with builders and moving equipment and resources in a more hands-on role with his project.
Warner, along with fellow teammates Steve Smith and Cameron Bancroft, was banned from international and domestic cricket for an extended period following their role in the ball-tampering saga.
In a scandal that rocked the nation, both Warner and Smith lost millions from endorsements and sponsors as well as lucrative IPL contracts.
For Warner, it appears he will look to make up for some of those lost funds through making millions from his investment property.
However, it may not all be hard hats and tools for the dynamic pocket-rocket as reports emerged earlier this week that former Australian batting coach Michael Di Venuto - and now coach of County side, Surrey - was interested in signing either Smith or Warner.
Of course it would have to be approved by the England and Wales Cricket Board.
For now however, it appears Warner has traded in the willow - and with it the demanding rigours of cricket as evident in a dramatic tour of South Africa - for the tools and the quiet life of the Eastern Suburbs.
