[Cricket] Aussie Cheats!

[Beach Hut]

Even the Aussie Government calling for Smith to stand down.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

There should at least be an investigation.

More than likely user error given the evidence in New Zealand currently, but something didn’t seem right about the way we collapsed with ease at certain points and it didn’t really happen to them.

 

[BadFish]

It was sandpaper and if it had been the Pakistani team caught doing this they would already have been banned from Test cricket for years to come. Double standards? Cricket?

Weird, it is being reported as sticky tape over here.

Players hatched the idea of cheating with yellow sticky tape, which they hoped would capture debris from the pitch and scuff one side of the ball in an attempt to get it to reverse swing, at lunch on Saturday (local time).

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-...australia-confesses-to-ball-tampering/9584476

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[Tooting Gull]

Steve Smith is an even bigger idiot if he thinks he will survive this. The Aussie Prime Minister was already waded in this morning expressing his disgust.

Smith and Warner now stood down for the rest of this Test. It's going to be a lot longer than that.

I can already hear the 'Same old convicts, always cheating' chants the next time they're here. And the South African fans normally dish a bit out, going to be lively today.

 

[Beach Hut]

Steve Smith is an even bigger idiot if he thinks he will survive this. The Aussie Prime Minister was already waded in this morning expressing his disgust.

Smith and Warner now stood down for the rest of this Test. It's going to be a lot longer than that.

I can already hear the 'Same old convicts, always cheating' chants the next time they're here. And the South African fans normally dish a bit out, going to be lively today.

Surely Bancroft has to removed, he did it ?

Why step down they are still playing in the game.

How many players have they got out there ?

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

It would be great for some sort of compensation to be worked out for millions of us who watched at unearthly hours and shelved out on BT sport. Cheating Aussie b@stards.

 

[Tooting Gull]

Surely Bancroft has to removed, he did it ?

Why step down they are still playing in the game.

How many players have they got out there ?

Looks to me like Cricket Australia got a pretty fierce phone call from the PM telling them what to do, having disgraced the nation. The pre-meditated aspect from the 'leaders' makes it a lot worse, and impossible for Smith to carry on in that role IMHO.

But of course you're right, Bancroft should be removed. If it isn't from this Test, he will presumably be getting a ban.

 

[vegster]

Surely Bancroft has to removed, he did it ?

Why step down they are still playing in the game.

How many players have they got out there ?

It's a weird one I'll grant you, but, the Test has to go on. What we have here is attempted cheating outside the Laws of the game. The attempt did not work so Smith and Warner, who both admit prior knowledge have stood down as captain and vice but will play on for the remainder of the Test. Any ban will have to be looked at the end of this Test but I can see a spell on the sidelines for all three players either voluntarily or enforced.

Bearing in mind that match fixing is about cheating for financial gain and is punishable by long bans, surely cheating to gain an unfair advantage is a kind of match fixing and should also be punishable with long bans ?

 

[Arkwright]

Yes it's wrong but I find the whole affair a bit of a non news story as it's been going on for years. I know this doesn't make it right but it's not the first time and won't be the last. Bottle tops, dirt in pockets, lozenges, sun cream, ect.
The Aussies were just stupid enough to get caught.
Even at club cricket you give the ball to a certain fielder and the ball comes back to the bowler in an unrecognisable condition from the previous delivery.
Wrong yes but it happens.

 

[ManOfSussex]

Damning piece here in The Sydney Morning Herald on it all - https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/the-team-that-just-doesn-t-get-it-20180325-p4z663.html

 

[knocky1]

Excellent stuff. Great SMH article. Can't get rid of the grin covering my face.

I do know that I would rather rub Vaseline on my balls than sandpaper.

 

[Tooting Gull]

Another cracking piece in The Age today, nails it for me

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/cricket/the-team-that-just-doesn-t-get-it-20180325-p4z663.html

 

[Brian Parsons]

Er, Mike Atherton. Short memories people seem to have.

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[Pevenseagull]

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[Geestar]

I didn't actually see the incident....did anyone tape it?

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[Mackenzie]

Er, Mike Atherton. Short memories people seem to have.

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Not really, whenever I hear about ball tampering I think about Atherton and I guess many do the same. It hasn’t effected his media career but he’ll still have that stigma attached to him.

Smith will be recognised as a gifted run maker in years to come, but also as a cheat. People don’t forget.

 

[Jimmy Grimble]

Broad perhaps insinuating that the Aussies may have been tampering in the Ashes.

 

[Hampster Gull]

Surprised by all the outraged comments in Australia. Their PM is saying it’s completely beyond belief that the Australian cricket team have cheated, Australian cricketers are role models, cricket is about fair play. This is the country that bleed under armed to New Zealand who needed a 6 to win a match a few years ago. Ha

 

[pasty]

I can't see how Smith can remain as Captain. He has admitted he knew about the ball tampering before hand. He has basically admitted to cheating. He simply has too stand down, and if he doesn't, he should be sacked.

 

[Lower West Stander]

There are many ways of bending and interpreting laws. You can see this in football all the time.

But this is just blatant cheating, its not even open to debate