I'd like to believe this was the first time, but Warner having his hands taped up like a boxer for the last year or so makes me pretty suspicious.
Year or so?! Hes had them most of his career
Heres the thing - I used to treat Australia the same as every other country. Benefit of the doubt, credit where credit is due, play hard on the field and all those other cliches. May the best team win and what happens on the field stays on it
Since i went on the Ashes tour and witnessed what can only be described as a hate campaign in the press against anything english, blind patriotism to the point of criminal injustice and blatant racism in the crowds towards Moeen Ali my feelings have changed somewhat
People seem to have forgotten that David Warner physically assaulted Joe Root a few years back but Root brushed it all under the carpet to prevent it escalating. Roll on a few years and Australia fabricate a story about Bairstow assaulting Bancroft and then giggle about it in a press conference
They deserve all they get. The win at all costs attitude is fine if you dont care what others think. But dont expect sympathy or the benefit of the doubt after that sort of behaviour
I said it last year and was called a troll but their morals are in the gutter