Aussie cricketer David Warner’s wife Candice Warner has shared her story surrounding the infamous ball tampering scandal during Australia tour of South Africa in 2018.
Describing the family’s return from South Africa, Candice said she ‘felt like a criminal’.
“There were policemen around us, and also ill-will. I felt like a criminal, returning for justice to be served.”
“Dave stopped and spoke briefly to the cameras. He was hurting. I could hear it in his voice, and that hurt me deeply. There was nothing to do but put our heads down and keep going. I’d learned that,” she added.
David Warner was suspended for 12 months after this incident. Whereas, captain Steve Smith and opening batsman Cameron Bancroft were also suspended for 12 months and 9 months respectively.
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The 2007 incident when she was photographed in a hotel bathroom with Sonny Bill Williams was fanned back to life after this incident.
“At the core of that was a young woman who didn’t do anything wrong … The only thing I did wrong was go into a place I shouldn’t have been,” Candice said while recalling the pain and lewd comments she faced during the media trial.
Looking back, she is angry that she was convinced to make a public apology, saying: “It blows my mind now that that’s the way we all thought was the best way to approach that situation. Now it infuriates me. It angers me.”