ManOfSussex
We wunt be druv
The independent review into the culture and conduct of the team launched should see to Lehmann, if he doesn't fall on his sword first.
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[Cricket] Aussie Cheats!
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The independent review into the culture and conduct of the team launched should see to Lehmann, if he doesn't fall on his sword first.
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
Wow, hefty bans them
I love seeing the Aussies made to question themselves and not like the answer, it is very funny. A supplier I spoke to yesterday opened with the line 'not about cricket please'. But please, get off your high horses everyone. You cannot really believe that England players have never tampered with the ball?
ManOfSussex
We wunt be druv
We can now - it's officially sandpaper.
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BTW, anyone else think it's convenient the 12 month bans mean both are available for the World Cup and Ashes?
BTW, anyone else think it's convenient the 12 month bans mean both are available for the World Cup and Ashes?
- Jul 7, 2003
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Is it? Where has that come from? I must admit, the notion of sticking a few bits of dirt (or "granules" as Bancroft so clumsily put it) on a bit of tape didn't quite hold up for me.
Edit: Ah, I see the official report now. Even better. They lied about it to the world's media. No wonder they've been hammered
- Jul 7, 2003
- 47,221
B&Q (other DIY outlets are available) need to stock up on sheets of sandpaper for the summer, for a co-ordinated LUZZING campaign
The ODIs and T20 will be TORRID for the Aussies
Brilliant
The ODIs and T20 will be TORRID for the Aussies
Brilliant
This blatantly and such a pre-meditated fashion? I doubt they ever have. It is astonishing. SANDPAPER ffs!
- Jul 7, 2003
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Amazing, isn't it? I mean: this must be the first time that applying sandpaper to one's balls has been heard of outside the niche London club scene.
Oh irony of ironies - the quote below is from the BBC report when Du Plessis was accused of ball tampering:
Du Plessis was found guilty of ball-tampering by the International Cricket Council. He had previously been fined half his match fee for scuffing the ball on the zip of his trousers against Pakistan in 2013.
The charge did not result from any accusations by Australia but vice-captain David Warner told reporters afterwards: "We hold our heads high and I'd be very disappointed if one of our team members did that.
"The rules are in place for a reason. If you're not going to use them why bother having them?
"If you're going to overstep the mark, be prepared to get fined and miss Test matches."
Du Plessis was found guilty of ball-tampering by the International Cricket Council. He had previously been fined half his match fee for scuffing the ball on the zip of his trousers against Pakistan in 2013.
The charge did not result from any accusations by Australia but vice-captain David Warner told reporters afterwards: "We hold our heads high and I'd be very disappointed if one of our team members did that.
"The rules are in place for a reason. If you're not going to use them why bother having them?
"If you're going to overstep the mark, be prepared to get fined and miss Test matches."
sydney
tinky ****in winky
yes , yes Edna and as an officer of the law you should know all about that but really on the face of things , Warner and Smith are fuct .....which can only be to the good ....lets face it ...i must admit i am as smug as feck at the moment , Aussie cricket fans are gonna take a while to get this monkey of the back.
Steve Smith with his wages paid for by a leading sandpaper manufacturer would be a massive boost for Sussex .
Maybe Yorkshire should offer Davey Warner a contract. I'm sure he'd get a warm reception at Headingley.
Completely agree with the above points that there is no way this is the full story, Lehman will probably go after this series one way or another and this summer's matches are going to be EPIC from a piss taking point of view.
The fact that it's now come out that it was sandpaper is even funnier as it means they lied about the lie about cheating as well. Amazing levels of arrogance and self entitlement even for Australian cricketers.
brakespear
Doctor Worm
sydney
tinky ****in winky
fooking bell enders...a whole legacy of aussie champion cricketers compromised by some funky nuttkin with some sand paper in his jocks ......i know on a world scale it is not important but in a sporting context this is absolute GOLD...!!
Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
Footage has emerged of David Warner in his spare time...
I'm absolutely convinced that they've been doing this for ages. It goes back to the tape on Warner's hand which he apparently needed when fielding but not batting. The rumours were rife that something was up with the tape and SA weren't happy about it.
First he writes his wife and kids names on the tape to try to justify why he's always studying it so much, then he hands over ball maintenance duties to Bancroft and in the very next test, Bancroft gets caught sandpapering the ball.
It ****ing stinks....
Billy the Fish
Technocrat
Mary Poppins: A pocket full of sugar makes a cricket ball reverse