Warner gets ODI tv commentary gig for Nine

Disgraced Test opener David Warner is to do tv commentary for the Nine Network on Australia's ODI series against England.

David Warner during a press conference

Banned from the Australian team, David Warner is to get a Nine Network commentary role. (AAP)

Banned from the Australian team, David Warner is to get a Nine Network commentary role during their ODI series in England.

The opener will join the commentary team for the second ODI in Cardiff on Saturday.

Suspended from international cricket along with Steve Smith and Cameron Bancroft for his role in the Cape Town Test ball-tampering scandal, Warner's latest role comes as he prepares to make his playing return in a T20 tournament in Toronto later this month.

"Dave is the best one-day and T20 batsman of the past decade so he's perfectly placed to join our coverage for the UK series," Nine's director of sport Tom Malone told cricket.com.au.

"People have tried to paint Dave as the villain in all this, but he's been hurting as much as the others.

"He just wants to atone for his mistakes and move on - I hope Australia gives all of them that chance."


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