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David Warner has abused everyone except India to protect his IPL deal claims Michael Vaughan

By James Dutton for the Daily Mail
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Former Australian cricket vice captain David Warner cries as he talks to the media in Sydney. Photo / AP

Former Australian cricket vice captain David Warner cries as he talks to the media in Sydney. Photo / AP

David Warner's low-standing in world cricket should be of no surprise to anyone because of his on-field behaviour, claims Michael Vaughan.

The disgraced Australian batsman was stripped of the vice-captaincy and handed a one-year ban for his part in the ball-tampering scandal against South Africa last week.

Though Warner may yet appeal the sanction from Cricket Australia, he could well have played his last game for his country after it was revealed he instructed Cameron Bancroft to rough up the ball with sandpaper.

Bancroft received a nine-month ban, with shamed captain Steve Smith given a one-year suspension alongside Warner.

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And former England skipper Vaughan believes the lack of sympathy for Warner after a teary press-conference in Sydney last week shows his lack of friends in the game.

"It's not been surprising to me that the whole world have piled in because, particularly David Warner, he has said quite a few things to a number of teams and a number of individuals," Vaughan said on BBC 5 Live Tonight.

Vaughan also backed up claims by former teammate Nasser Hussain that Warner has abused everyone in the game except India, in order to protect his lucrative IPL deal.

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"I think Nasser Hussain summed it up on television when he said he seemed to have abused every team other than the Indians, which potentially might have affected his IPL contract.

"That's been the reason why so many people have said 'right, this is our time, we're going to have a few words against the team and particularly David Warner'.

"He hasn't got too many pals around the world in terms of what he's done to them for the last few years."

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Vaughan added that the blame for Warner's brash on-field persona should lie at the door of Cricket Australia.

"I think he's a wonderful player but some of the ways that he's been around the team is down to Cricket Australia because they have unleashed him, they've told him to go out and be that person.

"So they can't turn around and say 'we've got this character that we don't want around anymore' - (because) they created that character.

"You feel Cricket Australia wanted to stamp down, they've also got to look at themselves.

"With someone like David Warner, they called him 'The Reverend' after the Joe Root incident for two years because he was so plain, he was so nice, then all of a sudden they wanted 'The Bull' back. They wanted this fighting bull on the pitch.

"They unleashed The Bull and The Bull has come back to haunt them.

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"Cricket Australia has to look at themselves. This David Warner character, I don't like the way he acts, I don't like the way he plays, I don't like what I hear he says to the opposition players.

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"He gets personal. Over two or three years CA said 'go and be the bull, not the reverend.' They created this character, now they're throwing him out as the scapegoat."

Vaughan criticised Warner's 'stage-managed' press-conference on Saturday, where he repeatedly failed to answer whether the scandal was a one-off, and whether only he, Smith and Bancroft were involved.

He said: "Warner's press-conference was a bit more stage-managed, walking in with his wife and a kiss and a cuddle before in front of all the media. That didn't need to happen.

"I get PR and I get legalities and trying to fight contracts and bans but when you make a massive mistake face the music. Let people ask you the awkward questions and answer them. You're the one that got the sandpaper out of the bag and used it."

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Vaughan believes more could yet come out over the scandal: "We're all still querying that only three people knew about the sandpaper. Many ex players are going 'how can that be possible'.

"I felt David Warner could quite easily put that to bed with his statement. because David Warner didn't come out and state that, he could have easily said "there were only three of us involved, this was an isolated incident, we had a terrible moment", because he didn't state that he's let this story run and run and run.

The former England captain criticised the way Australia have played their cricket in recent years, under the departing Darren Lehmann: "This team has gone over the top.

"There has been an outcry from the world of cricket because of the way the Australians have been over two or three years, the way they've fought certain things, the way they wanted the stump mic turned down.

"They're the biggest abusers on the pitch that are playing the game at the minute.

"You've got to look at the way the Australians have reacted. If you think we're being harsh, times it by 20 and that's exactly what the Australians have been towards their own side.

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"I don't think it is just the world of cricket having an outcry, I think it's the Australian public going 'enough's enough'."

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