David Warner is one of the best batsmen of the modern era. Warner will be named as one of Australia’s best batters across all formats in cricket history. However, the spectre of the 2018 ball-tampering controversy would haunt him for the rest of his career.
After the retirement of Aaron Finch, David Warner withdrew from the ODI captaincy claim. Warner withdrew his appeal against his leadership ban a few months after the ball-tampering controversy, meaning he could never captain the Australian team again. Warner’s wife Candice lashed out at Cricket Australia after the Sandpaper Gate controversy and said her husband did not get any support.
Candice Warner said in a conversation on Matty Jones’ podcast, “There was no support. David was in tears when we left the hotel in South Africa. No Cricket Australia official was available to help him. You had to take care of yourself. Looks like see you later. Thank you for your services.”
She further added, “Looks like we’ll do our best if you can never come back and play for Australia. Unfortunately, we were very upset at that time. We will blame you for everything, and so did they. The people who were close to me took care of me. No one supported us in the organization.”
Candice claimed that a Cricket Australia official told her to shut her mouth. Candice said, “At that time, someone from Cricket Australia said this is in the team’s interest, and you keep your mouth shut. This made me angry. David also got angry and said we respect the team a lot, but we are human beings. There was no help. It was very sad because I had accepted it.”
Remind that Warner was banned for one year along with Steve Smith. Smith captained the national team on several occasions. He made a comeback in the 2019 World Cup and the Ashes series. However, Smith was handed a leadership ban of two years despite being captain at the time of the incident and is now Australia’s vice-captain.