Discarded Australian batsman David Warner and Steve Smith, who have been facing year-long bans from international and domestic cricket following the ball tampering scandal in South Africa, could be back in action soon for a county stint.
According to reports, Surrey coach Michael Di Venuto is interested in signing at least one of the two.
After the ball tampering incident, The trio (Warner, Smith and Bancroft) are only allowed to play grade cricket in Australia. The punishment imposed though does not restrict them from playing overseas, but it would require the approval of, in this case, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).
In the present situation, none of the three would get a chance to play any first class cricket before the World Cup and Di Venuto believes County Cricket will only help them.
“From an Australian perspective, it is probably important that they play a bit of cricket at some stage,” Di Venuto said.
“I don’t know if they are allowed to play in this competition.”
