[Cricket] Aussie Cheats!

[Papa Lazarou]

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

And it's the 1st time someone has admitted to cheating, AND conspiring and planning to cheat.

I bet there will be lots of footage coming out from recent months showing other examples. Puts the Ashes result in context..

 

[BensGrandad]

Smith and Warner stepped down from their roles for the remainder of this test. One would assume normal service will be resumed for the next match and so forth.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Smith and Warner stepped down from their roles for the remainder of this test. One would assume normal service will be resumed for the next match and so forth.

Don’t be ridiculous

As if.

 

[Eeyore]

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

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He's already been mentioned.

 

[ManOfSussex]

One match ban and fined 100% of his match fee for Smith by The ICC.

 

[maltaseagull]

Smith should resign or be sacked. Full Stop

1 match ban!!!

Pathetic

 

[ManOfSussex]

and The ICC fine Bancroft 75% of his fee and give him 3 demerit points.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Don’t be ridiculous

As if.

He wasn’t far wrong sadly!

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

1 match ban!!!

Pathetic

Test match cricket needs Smith more than Smith needs it which is why it’s a pathetic punishment.

 

[ManOfSussex]

I wonder if Cricket Australia might be a bit harsher toward them.

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[hans kraay fan club]

He wasn’t far wrong sadly!

He was. That’s the ICC ‘punishment’. There is plenty more to come, from CA.

 

[pauli cee]

I love the comment from the Aussie PM, where he states that those wearing the baggy green are held in higher regard than politicians, great bit of Aussie honesty!

 

[Thunder Bolt]

It just isn't cricket.

 

[Tooting Gull]

While I'm sure there is more to come for Smith, Bancroft and probably Warner and even Lehmann from Cricket Australia, that is a pathetic sanction from the ICC.

One match for Smith for admitting to pre-meditated cheating involving others in a Test match, so basically conspiracy to cheat from the leader? Are they not responsible for the global reputation of the sport? It's taken a battering. Smith and Bancroft should have been hammered by the sport's overall governing body.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Boom!

https://twitter.com/AlexHartley93/status/977577459410284545

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[Scappa]

While the punishment seems lenient, it is the maximum available to the ICC for the offence under the current laws of the game

From the Telegraph:

What are the punishments?

The official punishment is light: at the time, umpires can impose a token five-run penalty against the bowling side and the replacement of the ball.

The offence is deemed to be Level Two, two below the most serious level. Possible sanctions include a deduction of a player's match fee anywhere between 50 and 100 per cent, and three or four demerit points added to his record. Four demerit points triggers a one-Test ban.

 

[Titanic]

Warner booed from crease to dressing room after a great catch by de Villiers off Rabada... and it only gets louder as Smith emerges.

#shame

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Australia have collapsed.

Unsurprisingly

 

[Titanic]

Australia collapse from 57-0 to 59-4

Amazing scenes

 

[LamieRobertson]

Capitulating ..how delightful