With his international career nearing an end, David Warner will be relieved not to have to face so much abuse about his role in the 2018 Newlands ball-tampering scandal, but he also knows he’ll never fully escape the stain it left on his reputation.
David Warner has admitted to a sense of relief that the looming end of his international career will also mean a dialling down of the constant abuse he has weathered as the perceived mastermind of the 2018 Newlands ball tampering scandal.
“Coming back since 2018 I’ve probably ... been the only one that’s ever copped a lot of flak. Whether it’s people who don’t like the Australian cricket team or don’t like me, I’ve always been that person who has copped it,” Warner told reporters in Antigua ahead of Australia’s Super Eights clash with Bangladesh on Friday morning.
“I think it’s going to be inevitable that when people talk about me in 20 or 30 years’ time, there will always be that sandpaper scandal,” he said.“But for me, if they’re real cricket tragics and they love cricket, my closest supporters, they will always see me as that cricketer – someone who tried to change the game … someone who tried to follow in the footsteps of the openers before me and try and score runs at a great tempo and change Test cricket in a way.
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