David Warner: Cricket Australia opens way for batter to return to leadership role

• Former Test vice-captain can now apply to have lifetime ban ended
• Opener wants to be considered again for national team positions

David Warner is free to attempt to have his leadership ban overturned after the Cricket Australia (CA) board's recommendations in a review of its code of conduct were rubber stamped on Monday.

The framework is now in place for the former Test vice-captain's lifetime leadership ban - issued to him for his part in the ball-tampering scandal of 2018 - to be overturned if he can prove he is a reformed character.