Ed cowan

The Grandstand Cricket Podcast: Former Australian Test batter Ed Cowan has moved to defend Mitchell Johnson’s criticism of David Warner saying that Johnson is echoing "what 90 percent of people have been thinking".

Former left-arm quick, Johnson, fired up debate on Warner ahead of his final Australian Test summer with a column in the West Australian, questioning over why the left-handed opener is getting a hero’s send-off while still now owning up his role in the infamous 2018 ball-tampering scandal.

It’s prompted defences of the Australian veteran from many across the landscape, but has received some support from Cowan, who made his Test debut alongside Warner at the top of the order against India 12 years ago.