Six years on from the Newlands ball-tampering scandal, former Australia batsman David Warner has been appointed captain of Big Bash League (BBL) team Sydney Thunder.Warner's life ban from leadership roles in Australian cricket due to his role in 'Sandpaper-gate' was lifted last month by Cricket Australia (CA).

David Warner is finally back at his leadership duties. The Australian opener to don the captaincy hat as an independent panel recently lifted his leadership ban citing the southpaw fulfilled all the criteria.

It opened up the route for Warner to captain Thunder with him available for the entire season. "Captaining the Thunder again this season means a lot to me," Warner said. "I was part of the team from the start,

David Warner’s lifetime captaincy and leadership ban has been lifted by Cricket Australia, a move which could see the retired test player captain the Sydney Thunder in the Twenty20 Big Bash league thi

Former Test quick and Sydney Thunder general manager Trent Copeland had spoken in favour of Warner at last month’s leadership ban review, noting a change in the hard-hitting left-hander since the 2018 saga.

David Warner has been named Sydney Thunder captain following the lifting of his leadership ban by Cricket Australia. Warner, 37, was banned from cricket for 12 months and prevented from holding leadership positions as part of his punishment for the ball-tampering scandal in 2018 but that ban was overturned last month.

David Warner was named captain of Big Bash League team Sydney Thunder on Wednesday, a fortnight after having his lifetime ban on any leadership role in Australian cricket lifted.