Australia’s veteran cricketer David Warner expressed his annoyance at how long it has taken the national cricket board to let him make a formal request to have his lifetime captaincy ban reviewed.
For the unversed, the southpaw was suspended for a year and slapped with a ban from taking charge as captain within Australian national cricket team after he crossed his limits to get involved in the infamous ball tampering scandal in South Africa in 2018.
The experienced left-handed opening batsman was the vice-captain in red-ball cricket at the time of the sandpaper scandal. In 2019, he literally meant that he had no plans to appeal against his captaincy ban originating from the ball tampering episode.Â
David Warner expresses his anger at how long it has taken CA to let him to apply to have his lifetime leadership ban reviewed
Meanwhile, recently, the veteran opening batsman described the process as “upsetting” and “traumatic”. Meanwhile, the national cricket board, on Monday added that it has revised its code of conduct which earlier added that players do not have their right to have the appeal reviewed.
Recently, the southpaw expressed his annoyance at a promotional event for Kayo Sports on Monday, which was not organised by Cricket Australia. He further added that he is not a criminal and also echoed that one should be given the right of an appeal at a certain stage.
He also said that he totally understands the point that the board has a ban in place. However, he felt that it is not right banning a player for life as he said that it’s harsh.
Warner has represented the Australian cricket team in 96 Tests, 140 ODIs and 99 T20Is, scoring 7817, 5901 and 2894 runs in the respective formats. The southpaw slammed 24 centuries, 34 fifties, 2 double centuries in Tests, 18 centuries, 27 fifties in ODIs and 1 century, 24 fifties in T20Is.
