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Australia Cricket Great Warner Pleads Guilty to Drink-Driving
The cricketer’s plea puts his Sydney Thunder captaincy under scrutiny, and sentencing is scheduled for Aug. 18, his lawyer said.
- On Wednesday, cricketer David Warner pleaded guilty to mid-range drink-driving at Waverley Local Court in Sydney, with lawyer Bobby Hill entering the admission regarding an incident on Easter Sunday.
- Warner was stopped in Sydney on April 5, recording a 0.104 blood alcohol reading—more than double the legal limit—just 11 minutes after his last drink, according to Hill.
- Hill described the decision to drive instead of taking an Uber as a "reckless decision," while the 39-year-old Fox Cricket commentator expressed remorse and will request leniency at sentencing.
- Warner's guilty plea casts doubt over his future as captain of the Sydney Thunder, with the court scheduling his sentencing for August 18.
- This incident follows previous controversies: a 2018 ball-tampering scandal involving Cameron Bancroft and a 2013 altercation with Joe Root. Cricket NSW Chief Executive Lee Germon said the organization takes the allegations "very seriously.
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