Australia’s legendary batsman David Warner’s wife is heavy on Candice Cricket Australia (CA) said that the ban on his leadership role should be taken as soon as possible for the “injustice” done to her husband in the wake of the ball-tampering scandal, also known as the ‘sandpaper-gate’ in the Cape Town Test in 2018. should be removed. As far as possible.
Three Australia cricketers – then captain Steve Smith, his deputy Warner and Cameron Bancroft – were banned from playing international and domestic cricket for different periods of not more than a year following the scandal. While Smith was barred from taking a leadership role for two years, Warner was banned from any such role for the rest of his professional life.
Candice Warner on Monday warned that her husband could lose the Big Bash League (BBL) for good.
Warner has been in excellent form playing for the country in the Indian Premier League 2022 season as well. He was instrumental in winning his first ICC T20 in Australia World The cup title in the UAE last year and the recently concluded white-ball series against Sri Lanka played some brilliant knocks.
BBL side Sydney Sixers coach Greg Shippard has also requested CA to at least allow Warner to lead the home team, noting that he has diligently completed his ban following the sandpaper-gate scandal. and was “making a great contribution to the team and cricket in general around the world”.
“I don’t like injustice so it bothers me… but it doesn’t bother him because he can go and captain UAE, he can be captain India (IPL) where people appreciate his cricketing mind and what he can bring to a team,” said a report in the Daily Mail quoting Candice on Dead Set Legends of Triple M.
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Candice said that David has many lucrative captaincy offers in domestic T20 tournaments around the world.
“You take every day as it comes and there were a lot of opportunities for David to play in Canada and the Caribbean. There are definitely times when as an athlete you go, ‘Okay, okay, I can get really upset sitting there or I set goals to keep going’.
“David has an incredible T20 record in India, in Australia, he is one of the best we have ever had. Regardless of whether the ban is lifted or not, if he plays the Big Bash, we talk about what’s best for the family during this period. Apart from this there is another league running in UAE, which has a lot of money financially. It’s not just about lifting Dave’s ban; It’s a matter of what is best for our family. And Dave has just admitted that he has this restriction now,” Candice said.
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