{"id":46891,"date":"2026-04-08T18:04:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T18:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=46891"},"modified":"2026-04-08T18:04:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T18:04:27","slug":"warner-aware-of-seriousness-of-drink-driving-charges-cricket-nsw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=46891","title":{"rendered":"Warner aware of &#8216;seriousness&#8217; of drink-driving charges: Cricket NSW"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Cricket New South Wales (NSW) said on Wednesday it would support David Warner after he was charged with drink-driving, adding that the former Australian opener was aware of the &#8220;seriousness&#8221; of the incident.<\/p>\n<p>The 39-year-old Sydney Thunder captain is due to appear in court on May 7 after allegedly blowing more than twice the legal limit in a random breath test in Sydney over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Cricket NSW, which has a long-term partnership with government agency Transport for NSW, said it was committed to educating Warner &#8220;on the importance of safe driving&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Cricket NSW is a strong advocate of safe driving, including avoiding drink-driving, and takes incidents of this nature very seriously,&#8221; chief executive Lee Germon told cricket.com.au.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;David is aware of the seriousness of these allegations. We will support him through the upcoming process.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Sydney Daily Telegraph said Warner allegedly told police he had three glasses of wine at a friend&#8217;s house before attempting to drive back to his home.<\/p>\n<p>Warner, who retired from international cricket in 2024, is reportedly on his way back to Pakistan to complete his Pakistan Super League campaign with Karachi Kings, who he captains.<\/p>\n<p>They are scheduled to play on Thursday.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cricket New South Wales (NSW) said on Wednesday it would support David Warner after he was charged with drink-driving, adding that the former Australian opener was aware of the &#8220;seriousness&#8221; of the incident. The 39-year-old Sydney Thunder captain is due to appear in court on May 7 after allegedly blowing more than twice the legal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46891\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}