David Warner would be known for his greedy and loud mouthed nature in the future: Ian Chappell

Recently, Cricket Australia finally brought an end to the 10-month long pay dispute between the board and the cricketers. CA announced the signing of a new Memorandum of Understanding, to which the players agreed. The whole drama allowed many of the current and former Aussie cricketers to express their views on the pay-dispute issue. The Aussie vice-captain David Warner was perhaps the most vocal and aggressive person to react to the situation.

The opener blamed Cricket Australia (CA) for the long pay-dispute, which forced the current set of the players left unemployed. However, former Australian cricketer Ian Chappell felt that the left-hander should think about his statements as they could haunt him in the future. The 30-year old did not have a good Test series in India, as he managed only a single fifty plus score in the 4-match Test series and his inconsistent form continued in the ICC Champions Trophy in England.

Warner is strong-minded

“Warner is a strong-minded individual — you have to be to successfully play the role of belligerent opening bat — but he’s going to need all the will-power he can muster if he starts the summer slowly,” wrote Chappell in his column for the Mid-day.

The former Aussie cricketer expressed his views on the opener’s loud and aggressive nature and asked the latter to answer with consistent performances with the bat in the following summer.

“The kids love Warner but if he fails against England they’ll hear — loud and clear — from their fathers about this “greedy, loud-mouthed so and so” and they’ll begin to wonder if they were right to idolise the ebullient opener,” added Chappell.

Pay dispute should be handled with a better approach

Earlier, former Aussie player Dean Jones expressed his views on CA’s way of dealing with the pay-dispute. Ian Chappell also questioned the approach of CA over the 10-month long pay dispute.

“While questions abound for CA — why did an agreement take so long; why try and fracture the ACA; why did the CEO only become involved late in the piece? The question for the players is a simple one; ‘Will you leave the game stronger than it was when you began your career?” concluded Ian Chappell.