Michael Clarke, a former captain of Australia, said that Cricket Australia was acting in a double-standard way. When it reviewed the leadership ban, making left-handed opener David Warner a “complete scapegoat.” Michael Clarke, a former captain of Australia, said that Cricket Australia was acting in a double-standard way. When it reviewed the leadership ban, making left-handed opener David Warner a “complete scapegoat.”
In the 2018 Sandpaper scandal in Cape Town, South Africa, Warner, Steve Smith, and Cameron Bancroft were all named as suspects. However, only Warner was banned from leadership positions for the rest of his life. While Smith was banned for a year and another year. Warner retracted his request to lift the lifetime leadership ban on Wednesday, claiming that the independent review panel wanted to make it “a public lynching.”
He clearly has feelings of disappointment and frustration. The fact that Steve Smith will be captaining this Test match probably hurts even more, in my opinion. I can sympathize with Davey’s disappointment. On the Big Sports Breakfast show, Clarke stated, “I think Davey has unfortunately missed out on the captaincy opportunity due to where he is with his age.”
Smith is currently serving as captain for Australia in the second Test in Adelaide against the West Indies because Pat Cummins has been injured. The issue, in my opinion, is not that; rather, the fact that it has taken so long to process this or reach its current state. It seems very inconsistent to me.
It is extremely difficult for me to believe that one should hold leadership positions while the other should not.
I believe that would be a fair decision if CA decided that none of the men involved in the events in South Africa would serve as leaders. Clarke believes that Warner has been made the victim in the 2018 sandpaper incident. However, if it is acceptable to one, if it is acceptable to Smithy, then it must be acceptable to (Cameron) Bancroft and Warner.
It doesn’t seem fair to make David Warner the sole victim and claim that everyone else can return to normal. Davey will not be forgiven by us. We will forgive you.” At the same time, Australia’s 2015 ODI World Cup captain Clarke acknowledged that he was not entirely in favor of any of the three taking on a leadership role.
There were a lot of mistakes made in the way that that was handled. Let’s begin by committing the crime; let’s begin there. Don’t say anything, how does it go away? Faf du Plessis, a former captain of South Africa, recently published a book, and it is included in it. The issue with all of this is that only fragments of what happened are available to safeguard so many individuals.
Everything should be made public from beginning to end if they want to make it public. How do you proceed if it keeps cropping up? How does cricket progress? Sadly for the Australian team, many of the players who were involved at the time are still involved. Since there are so many questions regarding what transpired, it appears that this will continue to arise until they retire.