Why Warner supports England's Ashes concerns

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David Warner says helium can't responsibility England's "point of view" aft the England and Wales Cricket Board astir called disconnected the upcoming Ashes bid owed to concerns astir Australia's wellness and question protocols.

The Ashes bid volition officially spell up aft the ECB confirmed its commitment to the bid starting successful December.

The Ashes bid had been successful doubt aft some the ECB and respective of its players, including England Test skipper Joe Root, voiced concerns implicit the restrictive wellness and question protocols successful Australia, and however that would impact the travelling families.

While immoderate criticised England's stance, specified arsenic erstwhile prima Mark Butcher who said helium was "furious" players would perchance skip the Ashes series, Warner said helium understood their concerns.

Australia's David Warner (Getty)

"When it comes to bubbles it is challenging. I bash spot England's constituent of view," Warner told The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.

"Coming to Australia, the questions being asked are evidently retired of the power of Cricket Australia. It's a authorities situation.

"We went done it past season. With crossing borders and the like, determination is simply a batch of hard enactment and readying that goes into it.

"I bash consciousness for the England squad and it's much hard if you've got children."

Warner is nary alien to the hardships brought connected by pugnacious question restrictions.

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The 34-year-old returned to the UAE past period for the resumption of the IPL season, and with the upcoming World T20 adjacent month, Warner whitethorn not spot his household until Christmas arsenic mandatory quarantine periods successful Australia endanger to hold his instrumentality erstwhile helium arrives backmost for the Ashes.

When Australia's players instrumentality from the T20 World Cup they volition beryllium required quarantine successful Brisbane, which presently has strict borderline protocols. However, Warner's household lives successful Sydney - wherever edifice and location quarantine restrictions are acceptable to beryllium lifted - meaning helium whitethorn not beryllium capable to spot them until Christmas.

"They're the challenges that we face," helium added.

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"It's not conscionable astir cricketers. It doesn't substance whether you're joined oregon single, big oregon child, each household has travel nether utmost unit 1 mode oregon another. I consciousness for each azygous idiosyncratic retired there.

"There are radical who haven't seen their families for a twelvemonth oregon more. People haven't been capable to get location for funerals. It's sad."

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