New Delhi, Dec 19: Cricket Australia (CA) has sacked former fast bowler Mitchell Johnson from two guest appearances at Optus Stadium in the wake of his scathing article on former teammate David Warner.
The former Australia left-arm pacer had two guest speaking appearances scheduled at Perth’s Optus Stadium as Australia took on Pakistan in the first Test of the summer starting on December 14.
But Cricket Australia decided it could not fulfill its commitment to have Johnson as a guest during two lunches at the Perth Test because of the harsh criticism he leveled at Warner and Bailey in his controversial column for The West Australian, News Corp reports. .
“Mitchell is one of Australia’s best-known bowlers, but on this occasion we felt it was in everyone’s best interest that he was not the guest speaker at CA functions,” a CA spokesperson told News Corp on Tuesday.