The wife of David Warner has revealed she suffered a miscarriage following the ball-tampering scandal between South Africa and Australia that rocked the game.
Candice Warner’s husband David, along with Steve Smith and Cameron Bancroft received lengthy suspensions for being the culprits in the scandal that happened in the third Test in March. All three were sent home early from their tour.
Speaking in Australian Women’s Weekly magazine, Candice said the couple lost the baby a week after his tearful press conference in Sydney.
She attributed the loss to stress and an arduous flight home, describing the couple’s devastation at realising she was miscarrying.
I sat down with Women’s Weekly and the talented Lizzie Wilson to reveal coming through our darkest days and how Dave and the girls will always come first. pic.twitter.com/FRs5pzSG6n
— Candice Warner (@CandyFalzon) May 23, 2018
“I called Dave to the bathroom and told him I was bleeding. We knew I was miscarrying. We held one another and cried,” she said.
“The miscarriage was a heartbreaking end to a horror tour.
“The ordeal from the public humiliations to the ball-tampering had taken its toll and, from that moment, we decided nothing will impact our lives like that again.”
Candice discovered she was pregnant for the third time in Cape Town.
“We were overwhelmed, knowing another little Warner was on the way,” she said. “I don’t think either of us realised how much we longed for this baby.”
Candice Warner reveals she had a miscarriage just one week after the cricket controversy involving husband David https://t.co/6T4G1l3h0k pic.twitter.com/ElfbKNJV3x
— The Australian (@australian) May 23, 2018
Speaking of their return to Australia, she added: “We got the longest and tough route. No one knew I was pregnant and Dave did everything to get me home safely, fearing any more strain could affect our unborn child.
“We’d been assured it was a private exit and we’d managed to leave quietly from Johannesburg,” she told the magazine.
“I was completely gutted when I saw the media – especially after 23 hours flying, knowing the world had no idea I was carrying our third child.”
