David Warner Disclosed California’s Practices That Protect Their Own Backsides

According to the legendary Ian Chappell, Cricket Australia has never defended the interests of the players, and David Warner’s outburst on the captaincy ban has exposed the authorities’ “tendencies towards back-side shielding.”

Warner said that the review panel wanted him to go through a “public lynching,” and that he is not prepared to let his family be the “washing machine for cricket’s dirty laundry.” On Wednesday, Warner withdrew the bid to overturn his lifetime captaincy ban. He said that he did so because he did not want his family to be the “washing machine for cricket’s dirty laundry.”

Chappell is the most recent person to come out in support of Warner, following in the footsteps of former captain Michael Clarke, who also blasted CA for their one-sided review of Warner’s leadership ban and for making the left-handed batsman a scapegoat in the sandpaper scandal that occurred in 2018.

Chappell wrote in a column for ESPNCricinfo, “I couldn’t be happier that David Warner told Cricket Australia the equivalent of “go and get stuffed” when he went public about his decision to withdraw his request for a review of his captaincy ban,” Chappell said. “I couldn’t be happier that David Warner told Cricket Australia the equivalent of “go and get stuffed.”

It was clear from this that Warner, who had been cautioned by CA about making his feelings public, did not have faith that the authorities would look out for his best interests.

“Young players should be happy Warner has exposed CA’s tendency for back-side protecting. It was a sensible decision by Warner because CA is known for just safeguarding their own interests, not those of players.” They have to remember it for the time when it comes up in the future.

The former cricket player turned broadcaster made the observation that “most importantly, Warner’s abandonment of his review underscores how terrible the original judgement to award him a lifelong leadership ban was.”

After it was discovered that Cameron Bancroft had applied sandpaper to the ball during a match in South Africa in 2018, both the then-captain of the Australian team, Steve Smith, and his deputy at the time, Warner, were both suspended for a period of one year.

In addition to their respective bans from cricket, all three were suspended from their leadership roles for a period of time.

Both Warner and Smith were given life bans from ever holding a leadership position in the sport of Australian cricket after receiving respective two-year and life bans. A one-year suspension from captaincy was handed down to Bancroft.

Chappell stated that although Warner and Smith should have been given the “same leadership sanction following the event in Cape Town,” Smith’s “crime was larger,” despite the fact that Warner should have been given the same punishment.

“Cheating is indefensible, but so is Smith as Australia captain saying ‘I don’t want to know’ when he walked past Warner and Bancroft, who were deep in discussion in the dressing room before they went ahead with the plan to tamper with the ball,” the 79-year-old wrote in his essay. “Cheating is indefensible, but so also is Smith as Australia captain saying ‘I don’t want to know’ when he