‘I was in a bad place’

SYDNEY: Australia batsman David Warner admits he found himself in a “bad place” in 2013, when disciplinary issues saw him temporarily lose his place in the side.
Warner, speaking to the Cricket Monthly, reflected on a turbulent time for him and Australia, as they lurched from on-field loss to off-field controversies. Australia were first blanked 4-0 in India that year, before losing the Ashes in England that summer.
Most damaging, however, was a string of disciplinary fiascos, including the infamous Homeworkgate in India, in which four players were punished. Warner was not involved then, but he would be at the forefront of a miserable summer, first becoming involved in a Twitter dispute with two senior Australian journalists before being suspended for punching Joe Root in a bar in Birmingham.
Warner did not skirt around that altercation, revealing he was not especially fond of Root. “I was in a bad place,” he said. “I had been in India for 14 weeks [for the tour and then the IPL] and hadn’t seen my family and there was a lot of personal stuff going on at home that was causing me a lot of stress and pain. “I can’t use that as an excuse, that would be a cop out. That is my stuff to deal with.”