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David Warner has launched a stream of expletive-laden volleys via his Twitter account on Saturday morning, taking aim at veteran cricket journalists Robert Craddock and Malcolm Conn.
Warner appeared to have been set off by a Daily Telegraph article written by Craddock in which he exposed the “shadier” side of India’s lucrative IPL competition.
The Australian opening batsmen tweeted to his 190,000 followers “Shock me @crashcraddock1 talking shit about ipl jealous pr*ck. Get a real job. All you do is bag people. #getalife”.
But that was only the start. When News Limited’s chief cricket writer Conn responded with “@davidwarner31 cricket is a real job? Please. Most people pay to play. Million dollar cricketers milking the IPL are hardly the best judges”, Warner decided to take aim, telling Conn he “all you do is talk sh*t as well”.
Warner and Conn then engaged in a back-and-forth that included Warner telling Conn “are you still talking you old fart, no wonder know (sic) one buys your paper,” and Conn responding with, “Its becoming increasingly obvious why Brad Haddin was brought back as vice captain. Your (sic) lengths behind in that race.”
After mixed performances in Australia’s 4-0 loss in India earlier in the year, the abuse from Warner is certain to attract attention from Cricket Australia.
The incident has the hallmarks of NRL star Josh Dugan’s own abusive rants on Twitter earlier this year, which cost the fullback a multi-million dollar contract with the Brisbane Broncos.
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