“My mental health probably wasn’t where I needed it to be at 100%,” Warner said
David Warner has reiterated his displeasure over Cricket Australia’s handling of his leadership’s ban appeal. Noting that the process affected him mentally ahead of the home series against the West Indies earlier this month.
Warner and CA were on the same page –
Ahead of his 100th Test for Australia. The opening batsman admitted that he had never thought of being ruled out of the two-match series despite the drama brewing in the background.
While both Warner and CA were on the same page and wanted a closed-door hearing regarding the process. The independent commissioners appointed by the board insisted on making it public.
The former Australia vice-captain then issued a strong statement withdrawing his appeal. He was saying he was not prepared to “turn my family into a washing machine for cricket’s dirty laundry”.
Warner said at the MCG on Saturday (December 24) –
“We reached out in February. So we have no idea how it went on this far and only CA can answer that and they’ll probably give you the same thing that they always give everyone else, they don’t really give an answer. “
“Leading into the Perth Test, my mental health probably wasn’t where I needed it to be at to be 100 percent. And that was challenging at the time. If I had it my way we would have had it all sorted. From the CA point of view, I didn’t really have any support.”
“My team-mates and the staff in our team were absolutely amazing, and my family and friends – they really got me through that period.”