Trichromatic Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 Quote Australia's leadership is under investigation by Cricket Australia's integrity unit for the ball tampering affair in Cape Town, as the chief executive James Sutherland declared further action will be taken against the national team beyond the ICC charge accepted by Cameron Bancroft. With the CA chairman David Peever in transit home from South Africa, Sutherland chose not to travel to see the team himself, instead delegating the matter to the head of integrity, Iain Roy, and the team performance manager Pat Howard. The initiation of this "process" left Sutherland unable to offer anything beyond the conditional endorsement of Steven Smith as "current" captain of the national team. Sutherland and Howard were central to the sacking of Mickey Arthur, predecessor to the current coach Darren Lehmann, ahead of the 2013 Ashes series. "This morning [Australian cricket fans] have every reason to wake up and not be proud of the Australian team. It's a sad day for Australian cricket," Sutherland said in Melbourne. "Activities on the field yesterday in Cape Town are neither within the Laws of the game or within the spirit of the game. For us at Cricket Australia that's extremely disappointing but more importantly it's extremely disappointing for Australian cricket fans. http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/22901664/steven-smith-captaincy-hangs-thread-ca-launches-investigation Link to comment
CG Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 Smith will have to go after admitting to plan. Link to comment
Lannister Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 Admitting to the ball tampering in a press conference must be his biggest brain fade incident. What an idiot. Stuge, GolGappe and CG 1 1 1 Link to comment
ravishingravi Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 It doesn’t hang by thread. Its over. CA is not BCCI. No half measures there. And this one looks really bad. prinzo and GoldenSun 1 1 Link to comment
ravishingravi Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 1 hour ago, Lannister said: Admitting to the ball tampering in a press conference must be his biggest brain fade incident. What an idiot. There was no choice. No one has got caught like this. He cannot hide behind the guy is playing his 8 th test. He did right thing. It will have consequences naturally. GoldenSun 1 Link to comment
ravishingravi Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 1 minute ago, sarchasm said: I can hear Warne and Waugh giggling somewhere reading the quoted post. I am certainly giggling considering you are comparing ball tampering and sharing weather or pitch report. Link to comment
GoldenSun Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 (edited) 47 minutes ago, ravishingravi said: There was no choice. No one has got caught like this. He cannot hide behind the guy is playing his 8 th test. He did right thing. It will have consequences naturally. The production, and editing overall was phenomenal. From the shot of the sandpaper to Lehmann's face when he realised he had been busted, to Handscomb surreptitiously on the walkie talkie to the slow and protracted stash of the evidence down your pants shot and then empty your pocket and show the umpire a different cloth. It told the story beautifully, and could not have been scripted that well. Edited March 25, 2018 by GoldenSun philcric, GolGappe, DHONI_FANN and 6 others 1 8 Link to comment
adi B Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 38 minutes ago, ravishingravi said: It doesn’t hang by thread. Its over. CA is not BCCI. No half measures there. And this one looks really bad. Actually if anything bcci is more strict regarding the conduct of its contracted players both off and on the field. DHONI_FANN 1 Link to comment
TheWall Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 Or will that assssss sutherland again letoff his cheating captain citing another 'brain fade'.. after its the 'convict blood' which runs among them.... Link to comment
zep1706 Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 He will be removed from captaincy, I have no doubt about that. From my observation on social media, the whole country wants him removed. You can't ignore such strong public sentiment. In fact, the govt has asked CA to remove him as well. This will be his last test as Australia's captain, I don't think he expected such a massive response back home in Australia. Gotta give it to Aus public though, they have been strongly against Smith & Co. on this. GoldenSun, GolGappe and adi B 3 Link to comment
philcric Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 More importantly, @GoldenSun has 2423 posts to his/her/its credit Link to comment
Lannister Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 2 hours ago, ravishingravi said: There was no choice. No one has got caught like this. He cannot hide behind the guy is playing his 8 th test. He did right thing. It will have consequences naturally. At max, they would've suspended him for a match. I don't think it was worth the risk of losing your career. He underestimated the situation and thought their fans would just let it slip by. Link to comment
Tattieboy Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 It's not if Smith will go but how many will go with him ...I am suspecting a fair few will go. Link to comment
Stuge Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 4 hours ago, Lannister said: Admitting to the ball tampering in a press conference must be his biggest brain fade incident. What an idiot. I was like he is saying all that in the press conference hahaj Link to comment
Stuge Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 1 hour ago, zep1706 said: He will be removed from captaincy, I have no doubt about that. From my observation on social media, the whole country wants him removed. You can't ignore such strong public sentiment. In fact, the govt has asked CA to remove him as well. This will be his last test as Australia's captain, I don't think he expected such a massive response back home in Australia. Gotta give it to Aus public though, they have been strongly against Smith & Co. on this. See he has doing something or other for quite sometime ...first his brain fade in India ,then Warner fighting and now this . Link to comment
Clarke Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 The spot fixing stuff was ~24 yrs back. I for one and happy to see CA's tough response for now, but the proof is in the pudding so lets see what judgments come out in the end. Link to comment
Stuge Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 DHONI_FANN and Adorable Fan 2 Link to comment
Stuge Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 via Twitter BREAKING - Steven Smith and David Warner to stand down as Australia's captain and vice-captain respectively for the remainder of the third #SAvAUS Test in Cape Town - CA CEO James Sutherland says in a statement. Link to comment
chewy Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 Smith resigns starting from current Test match Link to comment
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