David Warner ASKS Cricket Australia to Explain Ball-Switch Controversy During India A Game

David Warner has asked Cricket Australia to clearly explain what transpired on the final day of the Australia A-India A game in Mackay. India A captain Ishan Kishan was upset with the umpires on the final day of the game as a different ball was handed to them by the umpires before play. Umpire Shawn Craig was heard on the stump mic revealing that there were scratch marks on that ball and hence it was changed. Kishan was also told that he would be reprimanded for calling the decision ‘stupid’. The umpire said, “Excuse me, you’ll be on report for dissent. That’s inappropriate behaviour. Because of your actions we changed the ball.”

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‘You scratch it, we change the ball’

"You scratch it, we change the ball," Craig said. “There will be no more discussion, let's play.”

Once the game was over, Cricket Australia issued a statement claiming that the ball had ‘deteriorated’. "Both teams' captain and manager were informed of the decision prior to the start of play," the statement added.

‘Ultimate Decision With CA’

"The ultimate decision is with CA isn't it?," Warner told reporters in Sydney. “I think they have obviously squashed it as fast as they could, given that India is coming out here this summer. But if the umpires deemed something happened, I am sure there will be a follow up. I think the umpires or the match referee should be standing here answering questions.”

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"I think the match referee should be coming out and addressing his own staff which are the umpires. And if they're sticking by the umpire's decisions, you have to stand up for that. That's obviously a statement CA have to release. I have not seen anything."

The senior Indian team will play a five-match Test series with Australia with the first game starting on Novemeber 22.