The lifetime ban from holding leadership positions in Australian cricket imposed on David Warner for his part in the 2018 ball-tampering scandal has been lifted, Cricket Australia (CA) said on Friday.

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 this season.

Just days after he put his hand up for a shock return to the Test arena, David Warner has had his lifetime captaincy ban revoked by Cricket Australia.

Cricket Australia has lifted the lifetime leadership ban on David Warner, clearing him to captain his Big Bash League team, Sydney Thunder. The decision comes after a three-member independent panel reviewed Warner's case earlier this month.

The 37-year-old made his case to a three-member independent panel, which assessed Warner's character and conduct

David Warner 's lifetime leadership ban has been overturned by Cricket Australia following a review by CA's Conduct Commission. It means he is now eligible to captain Sydney Thunder in the upcoming BBL having not been allowed to captain any team in Australia after the ban was imposed following the sandpaper incident in Cape Town in 2018.

Cricket Australia (CA) has scrapped the lifetime leadership ban on David Warner that was controversially handed down after the Newlands ball-tampering incident, AAP reports. The suspension had been the last remaining sanction in place from the “sandpapergate” saga,

Veteran David Warner's lifetime ban on any leadership role within Australian cricket imposed after a 2018 ball-tampering scandal was lifted Friday.