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David Warner’s manager has sensationally claimed players were given permission to tamper with the ball by unnamed officials some 16 months before the Cape Town scandal.<\/p>\n
The drama of Warner’s leadership ban continued on Thursday after Warner pulled his application to have his sanction lifted due to frustration over the public nature of the process.<\/p>\n
The opening bat returned to the field on Thursday for the first time since his Wednesday evening statement, batting with the same aggression in his 21 from 29 balls against West Indies.<\/p>\n
Warner cut, drove and cover-drove Alzarri Joseph for three boundaries in one over, before being caught behind off the West Indies quick in the first session of the match.<\/p>\n
But off the field, the drama continued.<\/p>\n
In an interview on SEN, Warner’s manager James Erskine suggested players had been given approval to tamper with the ball after the 2016 flogging from South Africa in Hobart.<\/p>\n
In the same match South African Faf du Plessis was later charged with applying saliva to the ball with a mint in his mouth, as Australia was bowled out for 85 in the first innings.<\/p>\n
“Two senior executives were in the changing room in Hobart and basically were berating the team for losing against South Africa,” Erskine said on SEN.<\/p>\n
“Warner said we’ve got to reverse-swing the ball. And the only way we can reverse-swing the ball is by tampering with it.<\/p>\n
“And so they were told to do it.”<\/p>\n
Cricket Australia is yet to comment on the latest revelations.<\/p>\n