David Warner Was Made Scapegoat By Cricket Australia

By: Abhimanyu Singh

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Cricket Australia accused left-handed opener David Warner of being 'completely scapegoated'.

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Former Australia captain Michael Clarke has accused Cricket Australia of handling the review of the leadership ban.

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Warner, Steve Smith and Cameron Bancroft were among the accused in the 2018 sandpaper saga in Cape Town, South Africa.

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But only Warner received a lifetime leadership ban, while Smith received a 12-month ban from leadership positions.

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An angry Warner had on Wednesday withdrawn his application to lift the lifetime leadership ban.

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Adding that the independent review panel wanted to make it a "public lynching".

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Smith is currently captaining Australia in the second Test in Adelaide as skipper Pat Cummins is injured.

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Clarke believes that Warner has been made a scapegoat for the sandpaper incident in 2018.

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At the same time, Clarke, Australia's 2015 ODI World Cup-winning captain, was not 100 percent supportive of the trio being included in the role.

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