The Australia batter says the review panel wanted a "public lynching" which for the good of his family and Australian cricket he has refused to be involved in
David Warner is not pursuing to end his lifetime ban from leadership positions after withdrawing from the review process.
Australia's opening batter in all three formats has been prohibited from filling authoritative roles as part of the punishments handed out following the ball-tampering affair in Cape Town in 2018.
In November, Cricket Australia amended their code of conduct which permitted Warner, 36, to have the ban reversed, a process which would not constitute an appeal or a review of the original incident which took place more than four years ago.
According to Warner those guarantees have not been honoured and, in an effort to protect his family and Australian cricket, has opted to withdraw from the exercise.
In a lengthy statement posted via Warner's Instagram page, he said: "Since that Test and even though my ban from leadership roles may never be lifted, I have taken it upon myself to reform, to rehabilitate and to transform my approach to the game.
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"I have served and been subject to a crushing, unprecedented, penalty that has horribly impacted me and my family for the past nearly five years without the prospect of any relief until now.
"Regrettably, the Review Panel acted contrary to the submissions of Cricket Australia and my lawyer and appeared to adopt virtually entirely the position of Counsel Assisting.
"In effect, Counsel Assisting, and, it appears, to some extent the Review Panel, want to conduct a public trial of me and what occurred during the Third Test at Newlands.
"They want to conduct a public spectacle to, in the Panel's words, have a 'cleansing'. I am not prepared for my family to be the washing machine for cricket's dirty laundry.
"Counsel Assisting the Review Panel appeared to be determined to revisit the events of March 2018 and the Review Panel appears determined to expose me and my family to further humiliation and harm by conducting a media circus."
Warner, Steve Smith and Cameron Bancroft (Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)
Warner submitted an appeal to the review panel for the protocols previously outlined to be followed and had the support of CA. On Wednesday (December 7) that request was turned down, leaving the left-hander with little alternative.
"It appears that the Panel has given no more than passing consideration to issues of player welfare and the interests of Australian cricket and is instead determined to conduct a public lynching.
"Regrettably, I have no practical alternative at this point in time but to withdraw my application.
"I am not prepared to subject my family or my teammates to further trauma and disruption by accepting a departure from the way in which my application should be dealt with pursuant to the Code of Conduct. Some things are more important than cricket."
The decision has implications for Warner's domestic and international future.
Warner's desire to protect his young family was central to the decision (Mike Owen/Getty Images)
Jason Sangha has now been confirmed to lead Sydney Thunder in the men's Big Bash League. And with Australia captain Aaron Finch currently considering his T20 international future the position of leading the team into the next men's World Cup in 2024 may soon have soon become vacant.
But neither role is now available to him. The development comes on the same day Steve Smith, who like Warner was banned for a year for his role in Cape Town but only blocked from captaincy roles for two years, was confirmed to lead Australia in the second Test against West Indies in the absence of Pat Cummins.
A Cricket Australia statement read: "We are disappointed with this outcome as our intention was to give David the opportunity to demonstrate why his lifetime leadership ban should be varied at an independent hearing and we amended our Code of Conduct accordingly.
"We supported David's wish for these discussions to be heard behind closed doors and respect his decision to withdraw his application. David is a very senior and highly regarded member of the Australian team who has been a great ambassador for the game as a whole since his return from a year-long ban."
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