New Delhi: Former Australia captain Ian Chappell believes that Cricket Australia never protected the interests of its players and David Warner reacted strongly to his captaincy ban. Revealed the tendency of the officers to defend themselves.
Warner on Wednesday withdrew his appeal to lift the life ban on his captaincy. He said the review panel wanted to spare him public embarrassment and did not want his family to become a ‘washing machine for cricket’s dirty laundry’. Some former players including Michael Clarke supported Warner and now Chappell’s name has also been added to this episode.
Chappell (Ian Chappell) wrote in his column in ESPNcricinfo, “I did not like it when David Warner took a dig at Cricket Australia for deciding to withdraw the request to review his captaincy ban.”
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He said, “This shows that David Warner did not have confidence in the authorities regarding his interests. It was a wise decision by Warner as Cricket Australia only looks after its own interests and not the players.” Chappell said, “The young players should express their gratitude to Warner as he exposed Cricket Australia’s tendency to only defend themselves.” They should keep this in mind in future.”
Cricketer-turned-commentator Chappell said, “Most importantly, withdrawing Warner’s review shows how wrong the decision to ban him from captaincy for life was.”
The then Australian captain Steve Smith and vice-captain Warner were suspended for a year for their involvement in ball-tampering against South Africa in 2018. While Smith was banned from captaincy for only two years, Warner was banned for life in this case. Chappell believes that the same ban should have been imposed on Smith and Warner regarding the captaincy. In his view, Smith’s offense was bigger than Warner’s as he was then leading the team. (agency)