Why Candice Warner turned down Cricket Australia’s offer of security for South Africa Test match

Candice Warner and all Australian Test cricket team WAGs have been offered security after David Warner’s wife and children were abused by fans in Adelaide, but she turned down the offer, saying she can’ stand up for myself’.

It is the first time South Africa has played a Test series in Australia since the infamous Sandpapergate scandal in 2018 and a sold-out crowd is expected at the Gabba in Brisbane for the first day on Saturday.

Candice Warner explains why she turned down Cricket Australia’s security offer for the first test against South Africa in Brisbane from this Saturday

That series saw Warner and captain Steve Smith banned for 12 months for tampering with the ball, while Cameron Bancroft was banned for nine months.

‘East [the abuse] It happens quite a lot and with the Test series against South Africa, it’s good to know that if a situation like 2018 arose, I would feel safe and my family would feel protected,” he said.

Candice said she received the call from Cricket Australia around lunchtime on Monday after speaking on her Summer Breakfast Triple M radio program about the abuse he suffered in Adelaide.

It was almost noon, I was home and I got the call saying, “Look, we don’t want you or your family to feel unsafe in cricket. We know how much your support means to David and the team.” , this is what we would like to offer,” he said.

Warner is under pressure to score runs and could face a hostile element in the crowd with South Africa on tour for a Test series for the first time since Sandpapergate.

‘I just said it’s unnecessary, I don’t need an escort, I’m very independent, I can hold my own.

“It’s more about the safety of all the players and their partners and their family and everyone in general.

“I want to be able to go to cricket because it’s a great day and feel safe and feel like they can be there without being attacked.”

Candice also revealed that the abuse in front of her daughters had been personal and not related to her husband.

“It has nothing to do with Dave, it’s about my past and it’s about me,” he said.

‘Anyone out there who wants to bug me on social media, it’s not about David. This was a personal attack on me.

David Warner arrives with his wife Candice and their children at Sydney International Airport on Thursday after Sandpapergate

“But going forward with Cricket Australia, as a mother of three daughters, it’s paramount that their safety is paramount.”

Candice also spoke about the pain of the abuse she and David Warner received in South Africa when the ball tampering scandal incident occurred.

The Test opener got into an altercation with South African goalkeeper Quinton de Kock on a ladder after a vile sleigh was directed at him.

Candice was ridiculed by fans who wore Sonny Bill Williams masks in the second Test in South Africa and posed for photos with South African cricket officials.

South African cricket officials happily pose with cricket fans wearing Sonny Bill Williams masks to mock Candice Warner

It means the South Africa Test series has the potential to be explosive and Candice said all WAGs had been given access to a phone number to arrange instant security if they felt unsafe.

‘If at any point I feel like I need that, then I have a phone number that I can call, just like everyone else. It’s not just special attention to me or the Warners, not at all,” he said.

2018 for me personally, before everything else happened, was very tough.

Masks depicting Steve Smith crying after the ball-tampering incident were also worn by South African cricket fans.

‘When you’re the subject of people trying to make fun of me in the crowd and I’m not going to get into that, because it’s not a poor me story at all.

“But it worries me, it makes me a little nervous, but I’m sure that being in Australia that won’t happen.”

‘On that particular day, or some days in South Africa were the worst I’ve ever come across, for sure

“But this Test series will be played in Australia, so I’m sure we won’t go that route ever again.”