Nick Hockley has denied David Warner would have been subjected to a 'public lynching' as part of his leadership ban appeal.
Warner's statement has since trigged large-scale criticism of Cricket Australia and the organisation's decision to outsource an independent panel to decide the appeal.
Speaking with SEN Test Cricket, Hockley said he was "disappointed" that Warner had withdrawn his application but insisted that the appeal - had it gone ahead - would not have revisited the events of Cape Town."This was never and this was not re-looking at the events or the decision, this was about looking at the sanction and whether the behaviour since and the remediation and remorse was such that the ban could be modified," he said.
Hockley claimed that Cricket Australia had asked for the process to occur behind closed doors, but that the independent panel had ultimately recommended select media be invited in. However, he defended the "best practice" decision to hand control of the process to an independent body."I think what's really important is procedural fairness, and there are some standards from Sports Integrity Australia about a level of independence," he said.
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