“Cricket Australia’s board met today and among the items discussed was a possible amendment to the code of conduct in respect to long-term sanctions,” CA said in a statement.
“The amendment would allow a person to request a penalty that they had accepted be reviewed after an appropriate period of time.
“Currently the code states that once a charge and penalty is accepted,there is no avenue for review. The onus would be on the applicant to prove they had undergone genuine reform relevant to the offence they were sanctioned for.
“Any review would not revisit the original sanction,other than suspension of a penalty in recognition of genuine reform. The board has requested that the CA head of integrity propose an amendment to the code for consideration. It was agreed that should an amendment in respect to long-term sanctions be adopted,any review of a penalty would be heard by an independent code of conduct commission.”
The board had been compelled to debate Warner’s leadership ban after a request by the Sydney Thunder via Cricket New South Wales to see whether he might be considered as a possible stand-in captain for the Big Bash League club.
Warner signed to the Thunder earlier this year under a lucrative hybrid deal with the team and CA,after not participating in the BBL for a decade.