Australians caught ball tampering

[Filo]

I reckon Smith is only sorry they got caught and Bancroft is the fall guy for it

https://youtu.be/D1sKZUbpG6A

[The Red Baron]

I thought Ricky Ponting was a bit of a knob but he seems like a decent bloke in comparison to Smith.

Also unlike England the Yaapies seem to have worked out how to bowl at him. I suppose it helps if you have a coach who is vaguely interested in Test cricket.

[Filo]

From the video clip it appears to me that players like Smith, Warner, Lyon, Hazlewood etc have hung Bancroft out to dry, and I don't believe for one minute The coach knew nothing about it, especially when he sent the 12th man out to tell him to hide the offending article. Lengthy bans should be applied to those involved, the coach and the "leadership team"

[The Red Baron]

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/smith-must-resign-but-not-before-he-answers-these-key-questions-20180325-p4z641.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nc&eid=socialn%3Atwi-13omn1677-edtrl-other%3Annn-17%2F02%2F2014-edtrs_socialshare-all-nnn-nnn-vars-o%26sa%3DD%26usg%3DALhdy28zsr6qiq

[Filo]

Cheating and bad sportsmanship is in the Australian DNA

[Donnywolf]

... but Stuart Broad didnt make us look good either did he ?

[Filo]

... but Stuart Broad didnt make us look good either did he ?

But did he cheat?

The umpires never gave him out, he did nothing the Aussies would have and have done over the years, anyone remember the underarm ball ordered by Gregg Chappel, to prevent New Zealand the chance to hit a six to win the game?

[Donnywolf]

He probably did not cheat by the letter of the Law but did not live up to the ethos "thats just not Cricket" which he could have done

Nobody who saw that underarm Ball will ever forget it either - I was seething. Again not cheating though

[glosterred]

The same pair that giggled their way through an interview about Jonny Bairstow head butting Bancroft, they looked a lot different and contrite in this interview. Both should be banned, Smith should be getting a substantial ban.

[Filo]

Smith and Warner stand down as Captian and Vice Captain for the rest of this test, they are making it look like they had a choice, I love watching the Aussies squirm 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[Donnywolf]

The same pair that giggled their way through an interview about Jonny Bairstow head butting Bancroft, they looked a lot different and contrite in this interview. Both should be banned, Smith should be getting a substantial ban.

.... and have all the Runs he has scored in the last year expunged from the Record Books and the Results of those games amended accordingly !

[hoolahoop]

He probably did not cheat by the letter of the Law but did not live up to the ethos "thats just not Cricket" which he could have done

Nobody who saw that underarm Ball will ever forget it either - I was seething. Again not cheating though

Yes the underarm bowl did take some beating - I hated that too but that was within the rules of the game ; this is systematic cheating seemingly involving a cast of players.
The Australian public will rip them new arseholes for this - I agree he is being hung out to dry . However they might as well consider different careers outside sport those involved in this.

[The Red Baron]

Classic headline!

https://mobile.twitter.com/TheNTNews/status/977830650353827842

[hoolahoop]

Haha RB well sourced and so apt .

[The Red Baron]

Smith fined his entire match fee and banned for one Test. Bancroft fined 75% of his fee and given demerit points. Now up to Cricket Australia what they do about Smith and co.

I don't see how he can keep the captaincy.

[Bollinger]

Smith fined his entire match fee and banned for one Test. Bancroft fined 75% of his fee and given demerit points. Now up to Cricket Australia what they do about Smith and co.

I don't see how he can keep the captaincy.

Hopefully Cricket Australia will show more balls than the ICC.

Maybe Broad is being a bit provocative - maybe genuine - when he said today the England players couldn't figure out how the Aussies were getting swing on some of the drop-in pitches while the English bowlers couldn't and just put it down to home conditions/home advantage etc.

[hoolahoop]

No he can't possibly be the vice either. I suspect that the Aussie authorities will come down on anyone involved in a heavy way. Blatant cheating will never go down well with the Aussies .

[Donnywolf]

Well he has quit the Captaincy for the rest of this Test - Warner has done the same with the Vice Captaincy - but after that who knows ?

[Draytonian III]

How many times in the last few years has David Warner been involved in things on and off the pitch ? As a previous post said Aussies are known for cheating,going to find Bob Willis's take on it because he doesn't mince his words

[Donnywolf]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K65_spUU05s

Lets kick em while they are down - for the young uns out there who maybe have never heard of this "incident"

Listen to the opening comments and stick with it !

... and heres another example but a bit shorter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e6RnaNVUXY

[ravenrover]

Lets face it their ancestry has a lot to do with it 

[Donnywolf]

lol - yeah I never thought of that - its in their Genes !

[BillyStubbsTears]

Lets face it their ancestry has a lot to do with it 

You’ve heard the one about Noel Coward going through passport control at Sydney in the 40s?

The officer looks at him and says “D’ya have a criminal record?”

Coward replies in that fey upper class voice “My dear boy. I had no idea it was a still a requirement.”

[Glyn_Wigley]

... but Stuart Broad didnt make us look good either did he ?

Remind me, who was the last Aussie to walk against England?

[hoolahoop]

... but Stuart Broad didnt make us look good either did he ?

Remind me, who was the last Aussie to walk against England?

Now I can't ever remember them walking . This latest cheating takes the biscuit though. It's equivalent to the hand of God by the greatest of cheats Maradona or even Thierry Henri's cheating. 

[Filo]

... but Stuart Broad didnt make us look good either did he ?

Remind me, who was the last Aussie to walk against England?

Now I can't ever remember them walking . This latest cheating takes the biscuit though. It's equivalent to the hand of God by the greatest of cheats Maradona or even Thierry Henri's cheating. 

Theirs was impulsive cheating, the Aussies was pre meditated, which makes it worse in my book

[The Red Baron]

... but Stuart Broad didnt make us look good either did he ?

He did what almost every Australian has done since cricket was invented - he waited for the Umpire's decision (which was wrong in this case).

It's fine for people to criticise Broad if they have always walked when they know they are out. It is the ultimate in hypocrisy for most Australian cricketers to do so because they would have done exactly the same.

[The Red Baron]

I have to say I'm loving this, not because it's Australia nor because the main protagonists are two deeply unsavoury characters (I acknowledge they are both very good cricketers, by the way).

No, this is Greek Tragedy at its best. Hubris met by Nemesis. The Australians spent the build up to the Ashes trying to portray England as the bad guys, at best an indisciplined rabble, at worst a team that bent the rules. Then in this series they have done the same with the South Africans. Now they are caught, red handed, doing things that are far worse than they have accused others of doing.

If the Australian Board is going to do anything for the credibility of their team, then Smith and Warner need to be taking a lengthy break from cricket.

[Filo]

I have to say I'm loving this, not because it's Australia nor because the main protagonists are two deeply unsavoury characters (I acknowledge they are both very good cricketers, by the way).

No, this is Greek Tragedy at its best. Hubris met by Nemesis. The Australians spent the build up to the Ashes trying to portray England as the bad guys, at best an indisciplined rabble, at worst a team that bent the rules. Then in this series they have done the same with the South Africans. Now they are caught, red handed, doing things that are far worse than they have accused others of doing.

If the Australian Board is going to do anything for the credibility of their team, then Smith and Warner need to be taking a lengthy break from cricket.

I think those two were also instrumental in the pay dispute with Cricket Australia, maybe ghey think they are untouchable. And I'm loving it because it's Australia 😂😂😂😂

[Filo]

Just been watching the news and now footage has emerged of Bancroft putting sugar in his pocket during the Ashes series, that would explain why the Assies got ball movement while our players never got it to move at all