<p class="title">Cameron Bancroft insisted he held no grudges against David Warner and is keen to resume their opening partnership for Australia that was derailed by the ball-tampering scandal.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 26-year-old Bancroft, who has completed his nine-month ban for the cheating, confirmed in an explosive television interview last month it was Warner who asked him to alter the ball.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Warner and Steve Smith still have three months of their suspensions left to run over the incident last March in South Africa that rocked the game.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Despite some pundits suggesting their relationship was now untenable, Bancroft said he held no ill feeling and was in touch with both Warner and Smith.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Absolutely," he told reporters when asked if he would want to play with Warner again.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We're good people, very honest and passionate people. Dave, like Steve, all of us, we've all gone through our challenges, haven't we?"</p>.<p class="bodytext">Bancroft, who has admitted he nearly walked away from the game to become a yoga teacher in the wake of the vitriol that met the tampering scandal, added that "we've all been there for each other".</p>.<p class="bodytext">"And I look forward to a day like that where I can go out and play cricket with Dave again. He's a quality cricketer and someone who's achieved so much in that cricket team.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"As a player like myself, you strive to be around players like that. For my own learning as a cricketer, I'd love for that to happen."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Bancroft is now back playing with the Perth Scorchers in the Big Bash League, stroking a match-winning half century on Wednesday evening.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He is due for a county cricket stint with Durham later this year, and has an eye on the Ashes tour of England, with Australia's opening batsmen struggling in the absence of himself and Warner.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I just love playing cricket, regardless of the Ashes, it was something I was really keen to do," he said of the Durham move.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I've missed a chunk of domestic cricket and come the end of the cricket season I'll just be keen to get over there and continue to improve and enjoy this great game." </p>
<p class="title">Cameron Bancroft insisted he held no grudges against David Warner and is keen to resume their opening partnership for Australia that was derailed by the ball-tampering scandal.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 26-year-old Bancroft, who has completed his nine-month ban for the cheating, confirmed in an explosive television interview last month it was Warner who asked him to alter the ball.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Warner and Steve Smith still have three months of their suspensions left to run over the incident last March in South Africa that rocked the game.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Despite some pundits suggesting their relationship was now untenable, Bancroft said he held no ill feeling and was in touch with both Warner and Smith.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Absolutely," he told reporters when asked if he would want to play with Warner again.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We're good people, very honest and passionate people. Dave, like Steve, all of us, we've all gone through our challenges, haven't we?"</p>.<p class="bodytext">Bancroft, who has admitted he nearly walked away from the game to become a yoga teacher in the wake of the vitriol that met the tampering scandal, added that "we've all been there for each other".</p>.<p class="bodytext">"And I look forward to a day like that where I can go out and play cricket with Dave again. He's a quality cricketer and someone who's achieved so much in that cricket team.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"As a player like myself, you strive to be around players like that. For my own learning as a cricketer, I'd love for that to happen."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Bancroft is now back playing with the Perth Scorchers in the Big Bash League, stroking a match-winning half century on Wednesday evening.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He is due for a county cricket stint with Durham later this year, and has an eye on the Ashes tour of England, with Australia's opening batsmen struggling in the absence of himself and Warner.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I just love playing cricket, regardless of the Ashes, it was something I was really keen to do," he said of the Durham move.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I've missed a chunk of domestic cricket and come the end of the cricket season I'll just be keen to get over there and continue to improve and enjoy this great game." </p>