Candice Warner has given a candid glimpse into her family life with her husband David and told how she gives him a financial allowance.
The retired ironwoman, 39, gave an insight into her and David’s relationship and spoke about how their family life will change after his retirement from test cricket.
Speaking on the Backstage with Cooper and Matty Johns podcast, Candice admitted she gives her multimillionaire cricketer husband a financial allowance.
She revealed that David, 37, is a huge spender so she gives him a weekly allowance, sharing that he doesn’t even have the banking app on his own phone.
Candice candidly shared: ‘I’m pretty conservative, but David definitely is the spender.
Candice Warner has given a candid glimpse into her family life with her husband David and told how she gives him a financial allowance
‘David has an allowance, it’s a healthy allowance so don’t think I’ve got him by the balls and he can’t enjoy his life.’
David joked of his allowance: ‘I’ve had a decline once, I’ve had it once, and I said, have I been paid?’
While Candice added: ‘David doesn’t even have the phone banking app on his phone!’
She admitted she is in charge of making sure their mortgage and bills are paid as she discussed how she manages their finances.
David spoke about the downside of the arrangement as he added: ‘If I try to surprise Candice and buy her a present I can’t because she’ll see the transaction come up!’
Candice also gave an insight into how their family life will change following David’s retirement from test cricket.
She revealed that David, 37, is a huge spender so she gives him a weekly allowance, sharing that he doesn’t even have the banking app on his own phone
She gushed over the time David is currently able to spend with her and their kids – Ivy Mae, nine, Indi Rae, eight, and Isla Rose, five – but said he will still have to go away for long stretches.
Candice admitted she was ‘relieved’ upon his retirement, but clarified people’s expectations that David will now just be at home, saying he will be involved with even more cricket.
‘It was not a moment of sadness at all, something that I think David was ready for – I might be wrong – but just definitely relief,’ she shared.
‘For us it was relief, but at the same time, that also meant a hell of a lot more cricket. Which people probably don’t realise, they think “he’s retired from test cricket, he’s going to be home a lot more” but that’s not the case at all.
‘This is a rarity, but after this he’s going to be away for almost four to five months.’
David first shocked the sporting world by announcing his retirement from Test and One Day International cricket in June last year.
She gushed over the time David is spending with her and their kids – Ivy Mae, nine, Indi Rae, eight, and Isla Rose, five – but said he will still have to go away for long stretches despite his retirement from test cricket
And earlier this year, he then made the emotional decision to retire from from one-day international cricket in the lead-up to his final Test match.
David made a match-winning 57 runs in his final innings to help Australia secure victory at the SCG and wrap up a 3-0 series win over Pakistan to give him the perfect farewell from red-ball cricket.
The veteran said he was ‘comfortable’ the time was right to conclude his ODI career also following Australia’s World Cup triumph in India late last year.
He flagged the decision would create opportunities to play franchise cricket overseas and will not rule out a comeback if Australia needs an opener for the ICC Champions Trophy in 2025.
‘It was a decision that I was very, very comfortable with. To win in India, from where we were, was absolutely amazing,’ he said.
‘The team, not just under the leadership of Patty but the coach Andrew McDonald himself, everything’s just so calm and relaxed inside the team.
Batsman David (pictured), 37, recently announced his retirement from both one-day international and test cricket
‘We go out there, we’re adults, we back ourselves to train to the best of our ability and then go out there and perform. There’s never any added pressure, it’s the same-old, come in, get what you have to get done. We love winning.
‘When we lost two games in a row in India, the bond just got stronger with each other and it’s not by fluke or by chance that we were able to get to where we were.
‘The heroics of Maxi, the captaincy and the skills and execution of the way that we played against India was phenomenal, and not to dismiss the Kolkata semi-final as well.’
‘I know the Champions Trophy is coming up… if I’m playing decent cricket in two years’ time and if they need someone, I’ll be available,’ he added.
