- David Warner will eventually release his autobiography
- He is sure to be explosive after his colorful cricket career
- Warner, 37, was suspended for 12 months in 2018 after ‘sandpapergate’
- Returned to leave the sport on his own terms
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David Warner says a book about his cricketing journey – including the 2018 sandpaper scandal – is ‘definitely in the pipeline’ and will ‘raise a few eyebrows’ when it is eventually released.
The retired Test opener, 37, suggested he would not retell his full personal version of the events of the ball-tampering incident for which he was handed a 12-month ban, so as not to burden the current Australian playing group.
But he didn’t rule it out down the road.
Warner was handed the one-year ban by Cricket Australia after it emerged he had orchestrated the 2018 incident, and his manager James Erskine has previously said ‘the truth will come out’ about how many members of the Australian team were aware were from the incident. plan.
In an interview with Adam Gilchrist and former England captain Michael Vaughan about the Prairie Club Fire podcast, just 48 hours after his Test retirement, Warner also once again dodged the support of his former opening partner Cameron Bancroft to replace him in the Test side after the pair fell out in the wake of the scandal.
David Warner says a book about his cricket journey, including the 2018 sandpaper scandal in Cape Town, is ‘definitely in the pipeline’ and will ‘raise a few eyebrows’
Warner was handed a 12-month ban by Cricket Australia after it emerged he orchestrated the 2018 incident in South Africa
“There’s definitely a book in the pipeline, and I think it will be an interesting read,” Warner told Gilchrist and Vaughan.
“There’s going to be a lot of things in that book that I think will raise eyebrows.”
‘I have to edit a few chapters now, a few more have been added. It was 1,500 pages, now it’s probably 2,000,” he joked.
Warner said he was aware of the Australian team’s success when it came to sharing his thoughts on the ball-tampering saga, and suggested he might wait until the current generation of players retire before he offers his version of events.
“It’s something that has been thought about (talking about Newlands in the book) … it keeps being brought up, and there’s been a lot of speculation, a lot of commentary about it,” he said.
“It’s really important that the Australian cricket team is in a great space, that we play well in all three formats, and I think that’s the top priority.
“My side of the story…it can be told at any time. There are probably some things in the book that will definitely relate to 2018, but it may not be about what I know, or what others know, because then it just becomes a one-and-done thing; that’s not it. kind of story.’
Warner has also backed Marcus Harris (pictured) as his replacement and believes Steve Smith could move up the pecking order if necessary
Steve Smith and Cameron Green are tipped to battle it out when it comes to opening the batting against West Indies in the upcoming two-Test series
Warner said he had still not heard anything about who would replace him in the Test XI, but disagreed with Cameron Bancroft’s call for a ‘traditional’ specialist opener to fill his role.
The 37-year-old previously backed Marcus Harris to replace him as the logical ‘next taxi up the order’, but said this week that Steve Smith could adapt to a new role.
“It’s a tough call, you had Cameron Bancroft come out and talk about being a traditionalist, I’ve talked about myself never opening up and then ending up in that position,” he said.
‘I think (Smith) would do well, he’s the best Test batsman in the world, he just finds a way.
“It’s probably the challenge of it that I think he probably wants to take on.
“He’s checked the box where he is now… he probably just wants to see if he can go out and get open. He will adapt to any situation. He’ll do very, very well.’
