Cricket Australia likely to revoke David Warner's captaincy ban

David Warner's lifetime leadership ban could be revoked by Cricket Australia with the opener a contender to replace Aaron Finch as one-day international skipper. Warner was banned from captaining by CA for the role he played in the ball-tampering scandal at Newlands in 2018. The offense also saw him suspended from the elite game for one year.

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Aaron Finch retired from 50-over cricket in September. However, since then there have been calls from former and current players for Warner's sanction to be lifted so that he can be considered Finch's successor as captain.

The "first step" will come during a board meeting on Friday at which CA will review its body integrity code.

"The view within Cricket Australia is that David is doing particularly well on the field and making a great contribution. The first step in terms of David's leadership ban is to review the code and see if those sanctions are able to be reviewed. And the appropriate revisions to that code that would need to be made."

said Cricket Australia chairman Lachlan Henderson

"It's not in anyone's interest for us to delay. It would be in time for any future leadership conversations in relation to David."

Any player who accepts a sanction under the current integrity code, as Warner did, forgoes the right to a later review of the punishment. But chief executive Nick Hockley says it is important the code recognizes sanctioned players could change.

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Hockley said: "We are looking at sanctions to be reviewed for good behavior and growth after a period of time. Pending the discussion, there would then need to be a revision of the code and that would need to be approved by the board."

Warner currently playing for Australia in a T20I series against England ahead of the World Cup. He has said it would be a "privilege" to be asked to captain his country.