While the 2019 Ashes series is still more than nine months to go, the English Test skipper Joe Root has warned the suspended Australian opener David Warner to get ready to face the hostile English crowd during that prestigious series.
In this March, during the Cape Town Test between South Africa and Australia, the Australian left-handed opening batsman and then vice-captain, David Warner involved in one of the biggest cricket controversies in this year.
On the third day of that Cape Town Test, his opening partner Cameron Bancroft was caught in on-field cameras to trying to alter the ball condition by using yellow sandpaper. Later, it was revealed that the vice-captain David Warner was the mastermind of this action while the skipper Steven Smith was also aware of this incident.
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After the investigation, CA suspended Warner and Smith for one-year each and Bancroft for nine months. Moreover, Warner will never be a captain while Smith and Bancroft will have to wait one more year after completion of their suspension to lead a side.
Recently, just a few days ago, Warner left the field during a Sydney grade cricket match after his opposition member Jason Hughes called him ‘a disgrace’ when he was batting on 35 runs. However, a few moments later, he returned to batting after his team members convinced him.
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Root feels that Warner could face the hostile English crowd in the next year’s Ashes series in England if he appears in that series. The Ashes series will begin from August 1, 2019, just a few days after the completion of the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup that will be also hosted by England and Wales.
Root spoke on that, “I’m sure he will have to accustom himself to what might be a slightly hostile environment from the English public. I wouldn’t wish that upon anyone, but time will tell as to what happens.”
When Root was asked about Warner’s decision to walk off from the ground during the recent Sydney grade cricket match, the English Test captain said that it would be unfair to comment on this until knowing the exact incident.
Root said, “I haven’t [considered it]. It is something you don’t see very often. But unless you know exactly what went on out there, you can’t say if it was a justified thing or not. You don’t know what was said and you don’t know what was involved and what happened out there.”
