What Candice told CA after beefed up security offer

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Cricket Australia has offered a information item to Candice Warner for the archetypal Test against South Africa astatine the Gabba, aft the "vile" maltreatment she was subjected to during the Adelaide Test match.

The ex-professional ironwoman and surf lifesaver, and woman to Australian cricketer David elaborate the telephone she received from Cricket Australia after she spoke connected vigor astir her unpleasant run-in with a radical of antheral spectators.

Two of the couple's 3 young daughters were contiguous astatine the time, connected time 3 of the 2nd Test.

"So it came at astir midday [on Monday]. I was astatine location and I got the telephone conscionable saying, 'Look we don't privation you oregon your household to consciousness unsafe astatine the cricket. We cognize however overmuch your enactment means to David and the team, and this what we would similar to offer'," she said connected Triple M's Summer Breakfast connected Tuesday.

"I conscionable said, 'Look it's unnecessary, I don't request an escort. I'm precise autarkic and I tin instrumentality up for myself.

"But it's much astir the information of each the players and their partners and families, and conscionable everyone successful general. I privation everyone to beryllium capable to spell to the cricket - due to the fact that it's specified a large time retired - and consciousness safe, and consciousness similar they tin beryllium determination without being attacked."

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Warner revealed that the taunts were idiosyncratic attacks astatine her, not her husband, who made headlines connected the eve of the Test erstwhile helium sensationally withdrew his exertion to person his Cricket Australia enactment prohibition overturned for his relation successful the 2018 ball-tampering scandal.

"Anyone that's retired determination that's wanting to heckle maine connected societal media [about this], it is not astir David - it was a idiosyncratic onslaught connected me," she said.

"But going guardant with Cricket Australia, as a mum of 3 daughters, their information is paramount. So that's what they've offered.

"It's not for me, I don't request peculiar information oregon protection, I americium truthful independent, I face people, but for maine it is astir the information of my kids."

Warner rejected the representation of "me walking astir with an escort", stating the information work is disposable to everyone successful the team's party.

"If astatine times I'm moving astir the stadium - I deliberation time 1 is going to beryllium a merchantability retired - if astatine immoderate signifier I consciousness similar I request that, past I've got a telephone fig that I tin telephone arsenic does everyone else," she said.

"It's not conscionable peculiar attraction for myself oregon the Warner's astatine all."

The series-opener against South Africa volition beryllium the archetypal clip Australia has faced the Proteas successful a Test lucifer connected location ungraded since the Sandpapergate ungraded astatine Newlands successful Cape Town.

Asked if she was acrophobic astir facing the South African supporters aft the events of 4 years ago, Warner insisted she didn't privation this to go a "poor maine story".

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"It does interest me," she said.

"It does marque maine a small spot tense but I'm definite being successful Australia, [the mocking from the crowd] won't happen.

"On that peculiar time oregon fewer days successful South Africa successful 2018, yea [the fans were] the worst I've encountered for sure. But this Test bid is being played successful Australia, truthful I'm definite we won't spell down that way ever again."

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