{"id":144800,"date":"2021-10-16T02:04:25","date_gmt":"2021-10-16T02:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=144800"},"modified":"2021-10-16T12:00:15","modified_gmt":"2021-10-16T12:00:15","slug":"stinging-bbl-truth-behind-telling-warner-snub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=144800","title":{"rendered":"Stinging BBL truth behind telling Warner snub"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australia's Big Bash League<\/a> is unlikely to see David Warner<\/a> in the near future, with the dashing opener adamant the tournament runs too long as currently constructed. <\/p>\n

Compared to the initial iterations of the tournament which went for just over a month, this year's BBL is scheduled to go for the best part of two months, with the season opener on December 5 and the final to take place on January 28. <\/p>\n

READ MORE: <\/strong>Warner sympathetic about England's Ashes concerns<\/a><\/p>\n

According to Warner, the 61-game season is far too long and would cause him to sacrifice family time during the festive period, which he is not too keen to do.<\/p>\n

"That's obviously a discussion I'll have to have with a few teams down the track but obviously there will be a few leagues popping up around [the world] that same time of year," Warner told the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"David<\/p>\n

"In its current state I think the BBL goes a little bit too long.<\/p>\n

"There's catch-up time I've got to spend with my family and the BBL is obviously during that Christmas period.<\/p>\n

"They're talking about a game on Christmas Day. That scares me when I want to spend time with my family. That's paramount when I finish."<\/p>\n

Warner added that the lifting of a captaincy ban which was placed on him in the wake of the Cape Town ball tampering scandal would not be enough incentive.<\/p>\n

"It won't make any difference to my decision," he said. "I'll be open to it but not if that team has a future captain of Australia or someone who would benefit from being captain."<\/p>\n

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