Former Australian vice-captain David Warner will start his road to redemption by playing club cricket with Sydney’s Randwick Petersham, officials said. Warner is serving a year-long ban from state and international cricket for his part in ball tampering scandal. But he is free to play at club level and is set to make a return to the field in September.
Randwick Petersham club president Mike Whitney, a former Test fast bowler, said Warner will play in at least three of the first four matches of the season.
“We’re delighted to have him. He’s one of the best players Australia has had since World War II,” he told the local Southern Courier newspaper on Wednesday.
“He’s been speaking to one of our club officials and he has committed to the first three or four rounds of the season. Why it is only three or four rounds at this stage I don’t know.”
Earlier this week, another banned player Bancroft was cleared to play club cricket in Western Australia while serving his suspension. Smith’s plans are not yet known.
