‘Brilliant’: Sydney Thunder teammate’s telling David Warner call ahead of BBL finals

News.com.au - 20/01
The Sydney Thunder won only a single game and finished at the bottom of the ladder last Big Bash season.

The Sydney Thunder won only a single game and finished at the bottom of the ladder last Big Bash season.

But English international Sam Billings said the elevation of David Warner to captain, after a successful appeal against a lifetime leadership ban from Cricket Australia allowed the appointment to happen, had not only been instrumental in the Thunder’s rise up the ladder but even changed his perceptions of the fiery former Australian opener.

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Warner loaded up on character references when he pleaded his case for the leadership ban, imposed for his role in the 2019 Sandpaper scandal in South Africa, to be overturned in the wake of his international retirement.

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