AUS vs WI: 'David Warner Has Been Made The "Full Scapegoat'- Michael Clarke Criticizes Cricket Australia.

David Warner‘s captaincy ban was the subject of a messy review by Cricket Australia, which Michael Clarke has criticized and charged with having inconsistent standards. 

David Warner, Steve Smith, and Cameron Bancroft were all involved in the 2018 South African sandpaper scandal, however, only Smith received a lifetime leadership suspension as a result of it. Due to Pat Cummins’ injury, Smith will lead Australia against the West Indies in the second Test on Thursday. 

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David Warner had appealed his ban but gave up this week, saying he didn’t want to make his family “the washing machine for cricket’s dirty laundry.” Warner had wanted his suspension to be overturned. 

If It’s Ok For The Other Two, It Must Be Ok For David Warner: Michael Clarke

The independent review panel, which was established for the hearing of the 36-year-old opening batsman, was allegedly aiming to turn it into “a public lynching.”  In support of his former teammate David Warner, Clarke attacked Cricket Australia’s erratic strategy. 

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“You can tell he’s disappointed and frustrated,” Clarke said on Big Sports Breakfast.  

“I think the other thing that probably hurts a little bit more is the fact Steve Smith is going to captain this Test match. I can understand Davey’s disappointment. In regards to where Davey is with his age, he’s unfortunately missed out on the captaincy opportunity in my opinion. 

“I don’t think that’s the concern, it’s the fact it’s taken so long to process this or to get to where it’s at. I see it as very inconsistent. I find it very hard to believe it’s okay for one but not okay for the other to have a leadership role. 

“If CA decided all the guys involved in what went down in South Africa, none of them were going to play a leadership role, I think that’s a fair call. But if it’s okay for one, if it’s okay for Smithy, it’s got to be ok for (Cameron) Bancroft and it’s got to be okay for Warner. 

“I don’t know if it’s fair to make David Warner the complete scapegoat and say everyone else can go back to normal. We’ll forgive you but we won’t forgive Davey.” 

There’s So Much Around How Sandpaper Problem Was Handled: Michael Clarke

Clarke said that he wasn’t entirely in favor of any of the three taking on a leadership position. The infamous series’ players would not be free of the sandpaper problem, according to the former Australian captain. 

“There’s so much around how that was handled that was just not the right way,” Clarke said. 

“If they want to make it public, the whole lot should be made public from start to finish. If it keeps coming up how do you move on? How does cricket move on? 

“Unfortunately for this Australian team, a lot of players that were involved then are involved now. So really it seems that until they retire this is just going to keep coming up because there’s so many questions around what went down.” 

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