Cricket Australia investigating Warner-de Kock incident

Cricket Australia is investigating after CCTV photographs emerged of an altercation between David Warner and Quinton de Kock on the steps main into the dressing rooms at Kingsmead in Durban.

The pictures, first aired by South African outlet Just Media, presentations Warner being moved a long way from the incident by crew-mates, along with captain Steven Smith, after strolling up the steps all the intention in which by the tea interval on the fourth day.

Australia had managed factual one wicket between lunch and tea with de Kock and Aiden Markram forging a partnership that will perhaps perhaps presumably threaten to buy South Africa shut to their 417-flee target earlier than Australia struck relief dead within the day.

In the video, Warner’s madden is directed at de Kock who’s following the Australians up the steps. In the starting up up of the clip, the Australian gamers first up the steps are seen peering relief over the handrails then Warner emerges spherical the nook and is already alive to in a heated alternate.

He’s ushered up the steps by Usman Khawaja however would now not at present enter the away dressing room, even though Tim Paine also urges him to switch drag inside. Smith then drags his vice-captain away as de Kock squeezes past into his dressing room. There used to be no indication from the images what started the incident.

Rapidly after the images emerged, a Cricket Australia commentary stated: « CA is responsive to studies of an incident between gamers in Durban. CA is working to attach the info of what came about and can also now not be commenting till this has been done. »

There has yet to be a response from Cricket South Africa.

Warner’s behaviour came below the spotlight earlier on the fourth day when he ran out AB de Villiers after a combination-up with Markram with him then yelling in Markram’s direction all the intention in which by the birthday celebration.

« Obviously it used to be a huge wicket. You identify deal of planning into the manner you are going to bowl to someone worship AB de Villiers, so that you would possibly perhaps devour him flee out for zero is – I think that gets all americans a bit of of bit infected, » Paine stated after the day’s play. « The boys were no doubt pumped as a lot as plan him going relief. We predict he’s their simplest player, to devour him relief within the sheds for zero used to be a huge self belief enhance for us. Nonetheless we also know the intention factual the relaxation of their facet is. »