Ball tampering. Again shook the Cricket world. Unbelief has created again. This time Australia was guilty. Let's see what happened.
On 24th March, on the third day of the third Test against South Africa, an Australian player Bancroft found with a yellow color paper in his hand. The first time it was noticed by the TV umpire and it was reported to field umpire. When they asked the players, the team captain reached there. However, captain Smith acknowledged the responsibility of ball-tampering in the press conference and he confessed that his teammates also knew it. The whole world of cricket was shocked due to this incident.
After that, the ICC quickly suspended Smith for one test and cut off his 100% match fee and 75% match fees of Bancroft with three demerit points. But no one was very happy with this mere punishment. On the other hand, ex-players criticized this decision. Stuart Broad expressed suspicion about the reverse swing of all the bowlers during the time of the ashes, which was not possible to do at that time. Harbhajan Singh mentioned the incident of 2001 and 2008, he questioned why only one match exile? In the meantime, before the end of the match, Australia's Cricket Board removed Smith and Warner from the captaincy and vice-captaincy. Again, Shane Warne, Gilchrist and the West Indies' Holding have criticized the point that it would have been better if the match was over. But during this time, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull intervened. Under his pressure Cricket Australia finally formed the inquiry committee. Again, former Australian cricketer Michael Clarke has directly criticized Smith. Then the question arises; can they (Warner and Smith) play the IPL? Rajasthan has announced that they will wait for the decision of ICC.
Smith then left the Rajasthan Royals captaincy; Rajasthan announced the post for Ajinkya Rahane. Although Hyderabad did not give any decision. Already the Australian media tagged Warner as responsible for the whole incident. But John Buchanan and Ian Botham had a doubt against coach Darren Lehmann. After this, the MCC will open up about the mindset of the cricketers and declared that the matter will be discussed at the next meeting.
Already it is known to the fact, the former cricketer and commentator Fanny D'Villiers expressed suspicion about the reverse swing before starting 30 overs in Australia, and he asked the cameraman to watch the matter seriously. In fact, in his cricket life, many times he swung the ball reverse, so it was curious for him. Fanny informs radio that in the Cape Town, unlike Pakistan, the pitch is not a crack one, so it is impossible to reverse the ball before 30 overs.
Steve Waugh apologized and urged the players to return to the game early and also to study Australia's "Spirit of Cricket". Cricket Australia's CEO James Sutherland apologized to the world and told Smith and Warner to return to the country. He reached South Africa in the meantime. There is anger in the team because even in the controversial Test when the team is defeated, Warner was seen enjoying with his friends. After that, teammates have demanded to keep Warner in another hotel.
Eventually, Cricket Australia declares that they suspended Smith and Warner for one year and Bancroft for nine months. BCCI then expelled these two players from the IPL. Sutherland said that they (i.e. Smith and Warner) were using that semiconductor paper to do the shameful act. And also these three players must compulsorily serve 100 hours in community cricket for social welfare and can play club cricket even if they are not in the first class. It is known that Warner was the main person for this massacre and Lehmann did not know anything about the plan. It has been said that either Smith or Bancroft may become Captain if public opinion goes with them but Warner will not get the captaincy anymore. Shane Warne has said that it is a big punishment for the guilt but Sachin Tendulkar has supported the punishment and Allen Border supported the standpoint of Daren Lehman but in his twit, Peterson gave a number of smileys about Lehman.
It is an unforgettable incident but after Bradman age, Smith has the highest average in tests (more than 61).So it is very hard to believe that he is connected in a shameful act like this.
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