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Cricket Australia considers lifting Warner's captaincy ban

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Wednesday, 12 October 2022 21:01
Cricket Australia is contemplating lifting David Warner's lifetime leadership ban as soon as Friday, with directors looking at rewriting the organisation's code of ethics.

Warner has had a leadership ban hanging over his head since the 2018 ball-tampering scandal, with him keen to have the punishment reversed. The 35-year-old has been mentioned as a candidate for Australia's vacant one-day captaincy, but cannot fulfil the role under his sanctions.

Under current rules players who accept a sanction under the code of ethics waive their right to have the matter reviewed.

It means CA's code would need to be rewritten for Warner's ban to be reviewed, something directors will discuss at Friday's board meeting in Hobart.

"The view within Cricket Australia is that David is doing particularly well on the field and making a great contribution off the field," chairman Lachlan Henderson said.  "The first step in terms of David's leadership ban is to review the code and see if those sanctions are able to be reviewed. And the appropriate revisions to that code that would need to be made."

Henderson said the code would be rewritten if deemed necessary before a call on the one-day captaincy is made.

"Our intention is to review the code as quick as is practical. It's not in anyone's interest for us to delay that," Henderson said. "It would be in time for any future leadership conversations in relation to David."

There are however hurdles to clear. CA is wary any change made to the code in consultation with ethics commissioner Simon Longstaff could have implications on matters beyond Warner.

At the same time, CEO Nick Hockley stressed players had a right to show they had changed since the point of being handed a lifetime ban.

"In very simple terms, we are looking at sanctions to be reviewed for good behaviour and growth after a period of time," Hockley said. "Pending tomorrow's discussion, there would then need to be a revision of the code and that would need to be approved by the board."

The pair's comments came after CA reported a $5.1 million loss for the 2021-22 financial year at Thursday's AGM.

CA largely blamed the loss on challenges presented by the pandemic, as well as a drop in media rights from the UK for last summer's Ashes.

Former women's quick Clea Smith was also unanimously voted onto the CA board as the sole former player serving as director, after Mel Jones' decision to exit.

Smith has previously held roles at the Australian Cricketers' Association and was influential in the parental leave policy being introduced in 2019.

Former Cricket Victoria chair David Maddocks was also voted in as a replacement for the outgoing Michelle Tredenick.

Meanwhile CA remain undecided whether to lift a ban on playing Afghanistan in bilateral matches before a three-match ODI series early next year.

Australia refused to host the country while under Taliban rule last summer, but have agreed to face off against them in the men's T20 World Cup on November 4 as it is an ICC event.

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