Steve Smith has slammed the decision to prevent David Warner captaining Australia for the rest of the career.
Ahead of the second test against West Indies, the opening batsman withdrew his appeal against his lifetime captaincy ban by announcing it in a fiery statement. This is after Cricket Australia had rewritten their code of conduct to allow Warner to appeal the ban. But after outlining a process in which he didn’t agree with, Warner issued a message in which he announced he had pulled out of the process.
"From my point of view, banning for life from leadership is just fundamentally wrong," Smith said after Australia's 419-run victory. "David served his time like I did. For us, we know he's a leader around the group, and on and off the field he's doing a tremendous job."
