Warner accepts his punishment for planning ball-tampering scandal
David Warner left it late but he has accepted the consequences of masterminding the ball-tampering scandal that took the wheels off Australia’s tour to SA. "I have today let Cricket Australia [CA] know that I fully accept the sanctions imposed on me‚" Warner wrote on his Twitter account on Thursday. "I am truly sorry for my actions and will now do everything I can to be a better person‚ teammate and role model." Warner made his announcement just more than an hour before the deadline CA had set for appeals‚ and a day after co-conspirators Steve Smith and Cameron Bancroft said they would not challenge their sentences. Earlier reports said Warner was considering challenging his sanction‚ while the Australian Cricketers’ Association has criticised the severity of the punishment the players have been given. A CA investigation found Warner had hatched a plot to roughen the ball with sandpaper during the third Test at Newlands in March. The plan had been made with captain Smith’s knowledge...
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