{"id":17968,"date":"2026-04-07T16:31:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T15:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=17968"},"modified":"2026-04-07T16:31:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T15:31:53","slug":"australian-and-ipl-cricket-great-david-warner-charged-with-drink-driving-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=17968","title":{"rendered":"Australian and IPL cricket great David Warner charged with drink-driving | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>The 39-year-old, who retired from international cricket in 2024, still features in T20 franchise cricket.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"byline byline--single-avatar\">\n<div class=\"avatars-container\">\n<div class=\"responsive-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/PXL_20210627_155635971-1-1696493612.jpg?resize=96%2C96&amp;quality=80 96w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 96px) 96px, 96px\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 7 Apr 2026<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">7 Apr 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Former international cricketer David Warner has been charged with drink-driving after he was pulled over in Sydney during the weekend, according to reports in his native Australia.<\/p>\n<p>The 39-year-old, who still plays Twenty20 cricket for franchises around the world, was allegedly at the wheel of a van that stopped and parked short of a random testing site on Sunday.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 4 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Australian national broadcaster ABC reported on Tuesday that officers approached the vehicle and breath-tested Warner, who returned a positive result.<\/p>\n<p>He was arrested and taken to a local police station, where he was charged with mid-range drink-driving, ABC and other local media reported. He is due to appear in court on May 7.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, police outlined the incident but did not name the former Australian opener, who retired from international cricket in 2024 after racking up 8,786 runs across his 112 Tests.<\/p>\n<p>Most recently, he appeared for the Karachi Kings last week in the Pakistan Super League.<\/p>\n<p>Warner also appeared in the Indian Premier League for Delhi Capitals and Sunrisers Hyderabad.<\/p>\n<p>The left-hander played his last Test in January 2024, against Pakistan, following a 13-year career at the highest level of the game\u2019s longest format, while he made his T20 and one-day international debuts for Australia in January 2009.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 39-year-old, who retired from international cricket in 2024, still features in T20 franchise cricket. Published On 7 Apr 20267 Apr 2026 Former international cricketer David Warner has been charged with drink-driving after he was pulled over in Sydney during the weekend, according to reports in his native Australia. The 39-year-old, who still plays Twenty20 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17969,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia-pacific"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17968\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}