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Dayvo
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It's not just the cheating, it's the denying, the hypocrisy and trying (and failing miserably) to hold the moral high ground (against Faf du Plessis in Australia last time round, for example).
All the Australian players/squad/coaches MUST have known what was going on. The television coverage shows every seedy move. When confronted, Bancroft shows his sunglasses cover as the 'item' in his pocket. A cheat and a liar. And undoubtedly fully backed up by Steve Smith, the captain, another cheat and liar.
Throw the bloody book at them and make an example of them all.
And that rancid piece of shite, Warner, seems to be involved in every conflict going.
It isn't good. And it isn't good for Test cricket.
All the Australian players/squad/coaches MUST have known what was going on. The television coverage shows every seedy move. When confronted, Bancroft shows his sunglasses cover as the 'item' in his pocket. A cheat and a liar. And undoubtedly fully backed up by Steve Smith, the captain, another cheat and liar.
Throw the bloody book at them and make an example of them all.
And that rancid piece of shite, Warner, seems to be involved in every conflict going.
It isn't good. And it isn't good for Test cricket.
Daddy Pig
Veteran
Exactly my views!
I reckon they got Bancroft to do it because...
1. He's shite so would probably get dropped anyway,
2. He probably has no demerit points against his name
I'd like to see what their piece of sh1t coach Lehman has got to say! After all his moaning about the crowd.. obviously deaf ears when at a home ground!
Cummins stepping on the ball incident... I've looked at this a number of times and it smacks of accidently on purpose. The way he drops it keeps his head up (eyes down) and extends his foot to get the front of his boot spikes on the ball. If I had dropped the ball my head would go down in the direction of where you think the balls gone and not carry on walking regardless. Also funny how the ball started reverse swinging after that point!
Let's face it, Bancroft was chosen for plausible denial purposes, so the real cheats, those involved likely to be Smith, Warner, Lehman and the senior bowlers can get away with it.
I hope they ban the team from playing for a period of time but doubt that would ever happen.
Even Shane Warne is disgraced by it which is saying something!
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Dayvo
just passin' through
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Agree 100% with you, esp. about Bancroft being 'chosen' for the job.
Haven't seen the Cummins' incident but I don't doubt for a moment it was blatant.
Someone's head needs to roll.: Bancroft/Smith/Lehman etc.
Haven't seen the Cummins' incident but I don't doubt for a moment it was blatant.
Someone's head needs to roll.: Bancroft/Smith/Lehman etc.
Daddy Pig
Veteran
Looks like Bancroft has taken the rap for it. Smith has come out and said they were in on it.
If the whole lot who knew don' all get charged it'll be a joke. And talk about protecting the management by saying they didn't know... balls to that...
Dayvo
just passin' through
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Smith even left the field at some stage (the sub fielder, Handscombe, took a blinder apparently to dismiss du Plessis) presumably to have a chat with Lehman.
Fine them ALL 100% of their match fee and the next misdemeanour will/should result in a five Test ban.
I've played with and against Australians and whilst I enjoy banter and friendly rivalry, the state of sledging today has got totally out of hand. This is where the umpires should come under criticism as they must be able to hear most of it and should step in.
Daddy Pig
Veteran
Problem is the match fee is such a small amount compared so what they get from CA it is no deterant whatsoever.
How about line them all up and get de kock to give them all a kick in the nuts as punishment...
Edit... the punishment then being ball tampering for ball tampering...
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Dayvo
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Smith and Bancroft should be red-carded and Australia will have to play the rest of the Test with nine men.
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- Essex
Award SA the test.........no the series.
Beebo
Firm and Fruity
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On 5Live Charles Daggers said the ball stepping incident was definitely on purpose, and criticised the ball tampering as being too amateur.
There are 16 cameras at the venue, more that 1 camera per fielder so it is a stupid thing to do.
Dayvo
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WOW!
Just seen this on cricbuzz:
BREAKING NEWS: Steven Smith and David Warner step down as the Captain and Vice-Captain respectively for the remainder of this Test match. “This Test match needs to proceed, and in the interim we will continue to investigate this matter with the urgency that it demands, Cricket Australia CEO, James Sutherland said. “As I said earlier today, Cricket Australia and Australian cricket fans expect certain standards of conduct from cricketers representing our country, and on this occasion these standards have not been met. All Australians, like us, want answers and we will keep you updated on our findings, as a matter of priority." Tim Paine will take the field as Australia's captain today.
This 'ball tampering' saga will continue to tamper and hamper Australia's plans for the rest of the series. It would take something miraculous from them to put all that's happened behind and achieve any sort of tranquility. The heads will be wobbling, they might not have generated the reverse they wanted yesterday, but all the hard work and fierce competitiveness they put in thus far will spiral down as a shade of disgrace. Will be interesting to see how they respond for the remainder of the game and the series. We aren't far away from live action. Stay tuned...
Well done to the Australian authorities.
This is going to get even more interesting.
Just seen this on cricbuzz:
BREAKING NEWS: Steven Smith and David Warner step down as the Captain and Vice-Captain respectively for the remainder of this Test match. “This Test match needs to proceed, and in the interim we will continue to investigate this matter with the urgency that it demands, Cricket Australia CEO, James Sutherland said. “As I said earlier today, Cricket Australia and Australian cricket fans expect certain standards of conduct from cricketers representing our country, and on this occasion these standards have not been met. All Australians, like us, want answers and we will keep you updated on our findings, as a matter of priority." Tim Paine will take the field as Australia's captain today.
This 'ball tampering' saga will continue to tamper and hamper Australia's plans for the rest of the series. It would take something miraculous from them to put all that's happened behind and achieve any sort of tranquility. The heads will be wobbling, they might not have generated the reverse they wanted yesterday, but all the hard work and fierce competitiveness they put in thus far will spiral down as a shade of disgrace. Will be interesting to see how they respond for the remainder of the game and the series. We aren't far away from live action. Stay tuned...
Well done to the Australian authorities.
This is going to get even more interesting.
