David Warner's tell-all book that might leave Australian cricket fans short-changed
The retired opener has hinted he won't spill any untold secrets of the ball-tampering scandal from 2018.
David Warner has hinted he is likely to publish a book on his life in cricket by the end of the year. But readers hoping to learn the full story about what really happened in the sandpaper affair in South Africa in 2018 may be short-changed.
Warner played his 112th and final Test for Australia in Sydney last week and is also finished at ODI level, but appears to want to play a straight-ish bat in retirement. Speaking on the 'Club Prairie Fire' podcast with Adam Gilchrist and Michael Vaughan, Warner was asked whether he'd have a book out by next Christmas.
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"Potentially. I have to edit a few chapters now," he answered. "There have been a few that have been added. It was 1500 pages, it’s now probably 2000…no, not that many.
"There's definitely one in the pipeline and I think it will be an interesting read. There are going to be a lot of things in that book that I think are going to raise some eyebrows."
David Warner hints he won't tell full story of sandpaper scandal
Gilchrist then asked: "The 2018 Cape Town saga…everything that was pinned (on you), speculated on…is this going to be your chance to say 'right, this is how I saw it. This is my recollection of it?'"
Warner replied: "It is in the past and it does keep getting brought up and there's been a lot of speculation or comments about it. For me, it's about this team moving forward. It's really important that the Australian cricket team's in a great space and playing well in all three formats.
"That's the utmost priority. My side of the story and all that, that can be told whenever. There are probably going to be some things in the book that are definitely going to be related to 2018.
"But it's potentially not going to be around what I know, what others know, because then it just becomes a tit for tat. It’s not that kind of story. I want to be about my journey, my upbringing. It will be an interesting read and when the time comes, we can all pick it to pieces."
David Warner still in the dark about missing baggy green saga
Warner was also asked about his baggy green caps that went missing during the Sydney Test before turning up at the team hotel on day three. The opener claims to still be in the dark as to how they went MIA in the first place.
"We had a look everywhere and had a lot of people who looked and they're (the media) saying it was in the team room," Warner said with a smile. "The security team didn’t find it, my wife didn’t find it and there was 10 or so others looking through every single bag, so there's going to be some conversations had today, tha's for sure."
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