Clarke's truth bomb for CA after saga 'explosion'

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Former Australian skipper Michael Clarke has fto escaped connected Cricket Australia and warned them against trying to expanse allegations made by David Warner's manager "under the carpet".

Speaking connected Sky Sports Radio's The Big Sports Breakfast, wherever helium is simply a host, Clarke urged CA officials to code the allegations "because this isn't going away".

"What a time for cricket, honestly, I've said … since Sandpapergate happened that I privation this happening would spell away. Well I'm going to accidental the opposite," helium said.

"Because yesterday is an explosion. This happening is going nowhere. This happening is getting retired of control. This happening is getting bigger.

"There's immoderate tense men waking up this morning, fto maine archer you."

On Thursday afternoon, rather virtually arsenic Warner walked retired to bat astatine the Adelaide Oval, his manager James Erskine dropped a weaponry connected Cricket Australia.

Clarke said his "jaw deed the floor" erstwhile helium heard Erskine's comments.

"The happening that needs to beryllium wide to Cricket Australia, you cannot expanse this nether the carpet and say, 'well we've got a caller board, we've got a caller CEO, we've got a caller precocious performance'," Clarke said.

"I don't attraction if you spell to (then-chief executive) James Sutherland. Pick up the telephone and telephone him. Call (former precocious show coach) Pat Howard, oregon anybody other that was progressive with what James Erskine is saying.

"You're not sweeping this boys … you amended find retired what the heck has gone connected due to the fact that I privation to know, arsenic a past Australian captain, I privation to cognize what is going connected wrong the set-up.

"I'm telling you if James Erskine has that information. You deliberation that's the lone happening he's got? This happening is not going away. The information needs to beryllium told."

Clarke besides noted the timing of Erskine's comments - connected the eve of the archetypal bid against South Africa since Sandpapergate of March 2018.

"I'm licking my lips if I'm South Africa. Look astatine the papers contiguous - we're not adjacent talking astir the Sandpapergate - this is successful the pb up," helium said.

"I judge this is simply a large portion of wherefore Davey hasn't gone done with (appealing the captaincy ban), due to the fact that helium knows if helium says 1 happening that is disconnected publication compared to what's been said, helium puts his teammates successful it."

Australian manager Trevor Bayliss spent 5 years coaching England. He said the dressing country should beryllium exclusively the domain of players and coaching staff.

"That dressing country is for the players and the coaching staff," Bayliss said connected SEN Breakfast.

"Certainly with the teams that I person coached, I can't retrieve (executives being there).

"Every present and past idiosyncratic mightiness popular their caput successful but surely thing to bash with tactics.

"(Tactics) are the domain of the skipper and the coaching staff."

Clarke said Erskine's comments would nary uncertainty beryllium a immense distraction for players successful this 2nd Test against the West Indies.

"They much than anyone else, that squad would privation this to spell away. The players successful that Test lucifer would privation this to spell away," helium said.

"You're walking retired onto the tract (with) this successful the backmost of your caput going 'oh my god, what are we going to spot erstwhile we travel disconnected astatine lunch? What are we going to spot erstwhile I travel disconnected astatine tea?'

"And I wonderment what Davey's reasoning arsenic well? He walks retired to bat portion this is going … don't interest astir getting retired for 20. He opens the paper oregon turns his telephone connected aft the day's play and says 'here we spell again'.

"It's not going to extremity … Cricket Australia needs superior assistance close now. They request due help. This is each antheral for themselves. It is horrible."

Wide World of Sports has approached Cricket Australia for comment.

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