Cricket Australia's chief Kevin Roberts has removed the worry of the dressing room from the return of former captain Steve Smith and the return of batsman David Warner in one-day international set-up. The worry of such an incident has increased in the wake of a newspaper report that the team's leading bowler was not ready to play with the pair in South Africa last year after the tampering of the ball in the final Test.
The Sydney Morning Herald cited many sources, claiming that Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon wanted to withdraw from the final test if Warner was allowed to play. While Smith and Cameron Bancroft were penalized by the International Cricket Council (ICC) to join Cape Town's tampering controversy, a CA investigation later revealed that Warner was "architect" behind the incident.
Both have completed their 12-month suspension and are free to resume their international careers.
Despite recent improvements in Australia's performance, which saw him registering a series win against India and Pakistan, Warner and Smith are expected to be widely involved in the World Cup team, as well as Tim Penn in Hell There will be a return to the Test team. Earlier this month, the pair were reunited with the ODI team in the United Arab Emirates, although senior players Pine, Stark, and Hazlewood were not present. Roberts said that the meeting was really a positive step.
Roberts said, "What we are focusing on is collaborating with Dave, Steve, Cameron and all other players." At the same time, let's be open about this. At any workplace you do not have to be the best partner with all the people working with you.
"There is a need to have a foundation of respect, of course, I think that respect is growing and we will continue to support the players, with the right discussion, and work to continue building respect in those relationships.
"As in the men's team or women's team, every player is the best partner with the rest of the teammates, it is not very different from any other workplace, where we have some very close friendships, some cordial relations and some that are slightly more Challenging. "
Roberts dismissed any fear expressed by CA director Mark Taylor that such violations are more comprehensive than what happened in Cape Town.
"We are not going to jump on shadows or speculation, we will deal with the facts," Roberts said. "All the evidence suggests that for the first time a foreign item such as [Sandpaper] was used. We have no suggestion from ICC, match officials, broadcaster footage, players or player agents, CA staff, cricket fans - someone There is no charge against any other unfair charges. "
