Published: Jun 20, 2013, 02:51 PM (IST)
Edited: Jun 20, 2013, 02:51 PM (IST)
David Warner (above) was suspended by Cricket Australia after he punched England’s Joe Root © Getty Images
London: Jun 20, 2013
England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) Chief Executive David Collier has said that the aftermath of the David Warner incident has brought the Australian and English cricketing authorities closer together.
Warner punched England batsman Joe Root in a Birmingham bar following England’s ICC Champions Trophy 2013 win over their old rivals at Edgbaston and was subsequently suspended until the first Ashes Test on July 10 and fined 7,000 pounds by Cricket Australia (CA), the Mirror reports.
Impressed by the speed of CA’s action, Collier claimed, “Clearly we don’t condone that kind of incident, I think Cricket Australia dealt with it very well,” he said.
“There were some very, very good things that did come out of it in terms of the relationships between the two sides.”
Collier further said that behind the scenes there were proper discussions between the two teams as a result of the incident in terms of positive relationships and agreements, adding that both the bodies have agreed that is not the way they want the Ashes series to go.
According to Collier, the events have been put behind by both England and Australia. “It is past us now, there are some lessons that have to be learnt and that have been learnt,” he added.
With Warner missing for their remaining two group matches, Australia were eliminated from the ongoing Champions Trophy tournament and the former Durham player will also miss tour matches against Somerset and Worcestershire before the first Ashes Test at Trent Bridge, the report added.
(With more inputs from ANI)
