Ball tampering
The reasons behind the lifting of David Warner’s ball tampering leadership ban
David Warner’s candid responses to a Cricket Australia panel was at odds with previous comments by his manager suggesting there was an untold story from Australia’s dressing room that would implicate more teammates.
- by Andrew Wu and Dan Walsh
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Australian cricket
Some of cricket’s biggest names have been caught ball tampering, so why is Warner still paying the price?
David Warner’s original penalty was grossly disproportionate when compared to every other occurrence at international level. And his ongoing treatment just makes things worse.
- by Geoff Lawson
‘So bad for the game’: Hockley under fire over Warner leadership affair
David Warner has been assured there will be no barrier to post-playing leadership roles once he retires from the game.
- by Daniel Brettig, Malcolm Conn and Tom Decent
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Australian cricket
Warner’s manager claims CA officials told players to tamper with the ball
David Warner’s manager says other players were involved in the 2018 Cape Town ball-tampering scandal.
- by Carla Jaeger and Roy Ward
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Australian cricket
‘Dirty laundry’: Angry Warner rejects public hearing for captaincy ban
David Warner has made the bombshell decision to withdraw his application to challenge his lifetime leadership ban from Australian cricket.
- by Daniel Brettig and Malcolm Conn
Even Faf thinks Warner should be allowed to captain
Even Faf du Plessis has no desire to see David Warner prevented from holding a captaincy position any longer.
- by Daniel Brettig
Opinion
Australian cricket
Why some of us cheer for the Australian men’s cricket team to lose, except against England
Once taboo, now, disliking the Australian men’s cricket team is mainstream and for many of us who partake in the bat and ball game, it’s not about willing Australia to win, it’s hoping they will lose.
- by Tom Cowie
‘A loss to the game’: Ferguson calls for Warner leadership ban to be revisited
Callum Ferguson hopes a “healing” process has taken place but fears David Warner could be lost to cricket here in the long term if his leadership ban is not lifted.
- by Jon Pierik
Saker calls for CA to release ball tampering report
Australia’s bowling coach at the time of the scandal says the release of the report would help put to answer questions around the events of Cape Town.
- by Andrew Wu
‘People are too scared to try anything’: Did sandpaper scandal kill reverse swing?
The scathing response and hefty penalties involved with Sandpapergate means players in world cricket are now wary when it comes to the dark arts of ‘ball management’.
- by Andrew Wu
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Opinion
How much longer can Warner stay silent about Sandpaper-gate?
It’s widely assumed he will reveal all about Sandpaper-gate when he retires. It must be hard to stay silent when his teammates keep throwing him under the bus.
- by Andrew Webster
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