Candice Warner has returned fireplace after Aussie cricket legend Mitchell Johnson took a stunning swipe at her final month.
The former Ironwoman has given Johnson a serve coming simply days after the Ashes hero’s declaration that the assist she has given her husband David Warner has been “cringe”.
The opening batter’s place on the high of the batting order stays probably the most debated points heading into the 2023 Ashes Tour within the UK, starting in June.
The batter was chosen within the 17-man squad introduced final week and appears sure to be picked for the First Test.
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Appearing as an everyday panellist on Fox Sports’ The Back Page final month, Candice stated she was shocked David had been “singled out” in hypothesis surrounding the group.
She then politely bristled when it was put to her by Fox League commentator Dan Ginnane that he wanted to begin the marketing campaign properly.
“Absolutely he does. But so does the whole team,” she stated.
“If Dave doesn’t perform in that first Test, who do they bring in that’s better?”
“His form wasn’t great that last Ashes. Stuart Broad had his number I think ten times. So it didn’t look good for him. And he hasn’t performed well over there in the past.
“But who do you put in?”
Johnson then popped up seemingly from out of nowhere.
“We’ve all appreciated Warner’s tremendous career as an opener and what he’s achieved. But that’s not what it’s about,” Johnson wrote in a column for The West Australian.
“His form has not been up to scratch for a while now.
“Warner even had his wife Candice defending him in her panel role on the TV show The Back Page this week.
“Her loyalty might be admirable but it was all a bit weird and cringey when she said if Dave doesn’t perform in that first Test, who do they bring in that’s better?
“I hate that argument. If players were only judged on their previous achievements then Dennis Lillee would still be opening the bowling for Australia and Ricky Ponting would be batting at No. 3.”
Warner has now had her alternative to handle Johnson’s feedback in public and has delivered a spicy backhand.
“It doesn’t surprise me because he doesn’t have a lot to do with media anymore and I feel like the only way he gets a headline is by using David’s name,’’ she told News Corp.
“Everyone takes his comments with a grain of salt. They don’t have a lot of merit.”
None of the swirling debate will impression her husband, Candice stated final month.
“Mentally he is fine. You never have to worry about where he’s at mentally,” she stated.
“I think going to a country where you haven’t performed before there’s always going to be anxiety, and just thinking about Broad.
“I’m sure England won’t make the same mistake as they made out here, leaving Broad out of the first Test. I think that was a huge mistake.
“It’ll be interesting to see them match up and the way England go about their cricket – if they’re as attacking as they have been playing.”
Candice final week accused Cricket Australia of failing to assist her husband following the Cape Town ball-tampering scandal of 2018.
Speaking on The Matty Johns Podcast this week, Warner opened up on the shortage of participant welfare provided to David after they returned from South Africa.
“There was no support. Basically from when we left the hotel in South Africa, David was wiped,” Warner stated.
“There was no Cricket Australia official helping him. There was nothing. It’s like basically you fend for yourself now.
“It was basically fend for yourself, see you later. Thanks for your services.
“Probably, we’re going to do our best for you not to ever come back and play cricket for our country again. We’re going to blame you for everything, and that’s what they did.”
Originally revealed as Candice Warner hits again at Mitchell Johnson as feud escalates
Source: www.dailytelegraph.com.au
