Cricket Australia has ratified a change to its Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, opening the door for David Warner to have his lifetime leadership ban overturned.
The New South Welshman was banned from all captaincy positions following the infamous Cape Town sandpaper incident in 2018.
Since returning to the national side in 2019, there has been growing speculation that Warner’s leadership ban should be revoked, with Test captain Pat Cummins among those supporting the move.
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Last month, the CA Board requested an amendment to the organisation’s Code of Conduct that would allow players and support staff to apply for long-term sanctions to be modified.
And on Monday morning, CA confirmed those changes had been accepted and given formal approval.
Warner is now permitted to request a review of the lifetime sanction before a panel of three code of conduct commissioners.
“Under the changes, players and support staff can now apply to have long-term sanctions modified,” Cricket Australia said in statement.
“Any applications will be considered by a three-person review panel, comprising independent code of conduct commissioners, which must be satisfied that exceptional circumstances exist to justify modifying a sanction.
“These circumstances and considerations will include whether the subject of the sanction has demonstrated genuine remorse; the subject’s conduct and behaviour since the imposition of the sanction; whether rehabilitation programs have been completed undertaken (if applicable) and the length of time that has passed since the sanction was imposed and whether sufficient time has passed to allow for reform or rehabilitation.”
More to come …