Cricket Australia fines David Warner $5750 over tweets

[StriKe]

TEST batsman David Warner has been fined $5750 after pleading guilty to a charge of breaching Cricket Australia's code of behaviour. Warner, 26, tonight fronted a teleconference from Sydney to answer a charge of unbecoming behaviour, following Twitter messages directed at News Limited journalists Robert Craddock and Malcolm Conn last weekend. Warner's fine was the maximum allowed for a first offence under rule six of the code of behaviour, CA said in a statement. CA's Senior Code of Behaviour Commissioner, Justice Gordon Lewis AM, said Warner was found guilty of breaching rule six regarding unbecoming behaviour following his weekend Twitter comments. "In hindsight, clearly I let my frustrations get the better of me and posted some inappropriate tweets last weekend," Warner said. "While I disagreed with the story and my image being used alongside the story, I could have chosen my words better and I apologise for any offence that my language may have caused. "I'll continue to have honest conversations with all my followers and I will be mindful of the language I use in future." Rule 6 states that "players and officials must not at any time engage in behaviour unbecoming to a representative player or official that could (a) bring them or the game of cricket into disrepute or (b) be harmful to the interests of cricket ... this rule applies at all times where the unbecoming behaviour involves the player being involved in public comment or comment to or in the media.

http://www.news.com.au/sport/cricket/australian-batsman-david-warner-set-to-show-for-cricket-australia-behavioural-hearing/story-fndpt0dy-1226648382977

[SLICKR392]

"I'll continue to have honest conversations with all my followers and I will be mindful of the language I use in future."

Lets put that to test.

[Crookbond]

AltCricket: NEWS: David Warner fined $5,600 for Twitter outburst. For each hour he was on the field in the IPL, he earned $15,000!

[diga]

Lets put that to test.

best of luck :two_thumbs_up:

[saket123]

What a bunch of BS. Warner should show the ACB his middle finger and walk out. Bunch of socialist big government bureaucrats!

[FischerTal]

i bet warner spent $5000 in buying clothes from designer store :giggle: