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‘Public lynching’ by review panel forces David Warner to withdraw his appeal against captaincy ban
Warner claimed that the independent panel formed to review the sanction intended to subject him to a “public lynching.”
David Warner has abandoned his efforts to have his lifetime leadership ban lifted and launched a scathing attack on the process. He claimed that the independent panel formed to review the sanction intended to subject him to a “public lynching.”
Warner claimed in lengthy social media posts on the eve of the Adelaide Test that the counsel assisting the review panel, which is independent of Cricket Australia, made “offensive” comments during the process.
When CA ratified the amendment to their code of conduct that allowed Warner to appeal his leadership ban, they stated that it was not an appeal against the initial decision or a review of the original offence – the role he played during the Newlands ball-tampering saga in 2018.