{"id":21491,"date":"2013-07-29T12:28:47","date_gmt":"2013-07-29T10:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/bad-boy-warner-is-at-it-again\/"},"modified":"2013-07-29T12:28:47","modified_gmt":"2013-07-29T10:28:47","slug":"bad-boy-warner-is-at-it-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/bad-boy-warner-is-at-it-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Bad boy Warner is at it again"},"content":{"rendered":"

Controversial Australian batsman<\/a>\u00a0David Warner stated on Sunday that heated on-field exchanges between him and a\u00a0South African rival<\/a>\u00a0in Pretoria were \u201cfriendly banter\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"Spat:<\/a><\/p>\n

Spat: David Warner and South African wicketkeeper Thami Tsolekile were the pair involved. Photo: Getty Images<\/p>\n

An umpire had to halt play twice Saturday as sledging between Warner and Thami Tsolekile in a drawn four-day \u2018A\u2019 international reached boiling point.<\/p>\n

Warner sledged wicketkeeper Tsolekile<\/a> while the South African was batting Friday and the war of words resurfaced 24 hours later when the Australian was at the LC de Villiers Oval crease.<\/p>\n

\u201cGreat to be back playing cricket, had lots of fun this week and a bit of friendly banter from the wicketkeeper. Was very funny!\u201d Warner tweeted.<\/p>\n

Cricket Australia declined to intervene, saying in a statement that \u201cno report has been filed by the umpires and no action will, therefore, be taken\u201d.<\/p>\n

The exchanges became so heated Saturday that Vaughn van Jaarsveld<\/a> had to pull Tsolekile away from Warner, who was sent to Africa to sort out batting and behaviour issues. \u2013 AFP<\/a><\/p>\n

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