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It is now emerging that Aussies have been tampering the ball for long time


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Earlier I though life ban is distant possibility, but what has been emerging now doesn't good for players at all.

 

This is what different reports and news articles have been suggesting now. 

 

  1. Warner has been main guy for tampering the ball for long time. Suspected modus operandi has been that Warner would tape his fingers and once those tapes were abrasive with dirt and other objects, he would shine the ball. During this process of shining, part of ball would be scuffed up. This would have hardly look suspicious as process of shining is similar to what everyone does as well as using tape is common.
  2. There have been question about Warner's tapes as some doubted why he has so many. At that time he defended himself by saying that tapes have names of wife and daughter. This happened 2 weeks earlier.The secret behind David Warner's hand tape in South Africahttps://wwos.nine.com.au/2018/03/11/19/52/secret-meaning-behind-david-warners-hand-tape-cricket
  3. Not sure how much truth is in these claims, but reports say that Warner boasted about these methods to England players after Ashes defeat.  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5543331/Disgraced-cricketer-David-Warner-tampered-ball-Ashes.html
  4. When Starc and co were getting lot of swing in Ashes with drop in pitches and lush green outfield, people raised questions. If it happened in subcontinent then not many people would have raised their eyebrows, but to do so in Australia that too in 30th over was always going to create doubts.
  5. Starc got lot of swing in first test against SA and this created suspicions again. 
  6. Aussies changed their ball polisher and assigned the job to Bancroft after some dressing room attendant saw Warner strapping sand papers
  7. Fannie de Viliers who works for super sports worked with the team to narrow it down to Bancroft once they were alarmed by the swing. They instructed cameraman to keep an eye on Bancroft and once he made mistake it was all over. That's why I mentiond in other thread that tampering can be caught in away matches only as host broadcasters won't go for witchhunt like this and even with all the HD cameras it's not easy to catch the cheating as sometimes it may involve regular processes seeming very normal to eyes.         https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/broadcaster-claims-he-tipped-off-cameramen-20180326-p4z6cd.html
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    Former South African fast bowler Fanie de Villiers says he instructed camera operators to look for Australian ball tampering on day three of the third Test, having suspected the Australians were using underhanded tactics.

    De Villiers is working for a broadcaster in South Africa and claims he believed the tourists must have been up to something given how early they were getting reverse swing.

 

All these are reports and once investigation is complete, we will know more. But these indicate that this incident is not some random "caught on camera" event, rather this run and chase game has been going on for some time.

 

Lot of people involved probably suspected this, however it was never easy to get hold of the guy and method just by looking footage due to the method being employed.

 

IMO, if the investigation reveals this systematic long time cheating, then both Smith and Warner will down deep and more people including Starc, Lyon and Hazlewood could be in trouble. If it inconclusive and limited to this particular match then they may escape with lighter punishment. Lehman would go in any case. 

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2 minutes ago, Rightarmfast said:

Some cricketing and bowling experts were proclaiming on ICF that Indians bowlers didnt have the zing like Starc and co.They couldnt take wickets like them.

Still sticking with the same theory, you guys?

Shows the difference between fans and expert. Not many posters could have doubted Aussie bowling, but who have actually played cricket knew that something was going on and have to give credit to that super super sport team for working on this and finally nailing them.

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Obviously they have been doing this since long time.Actually there is nothing like leadership group. This is pure BS created by the baby faced yet cunning Steven Smith to save the arse of his coach as well as other players..The stand in captain Tim Paine is also a noob.Who knows that He wasnt part of Smith's so called Leadership group.And How this leadership group of 3 or 4 players decide to tamper??By isolating themselves in dressing room from other 8 players and whispering in one another's ears??No..This is plain and simple,Every single player knows about this and they have been doing this since long time,as I can recollect in the latest Ashes Mitchell Marsh suddenly started bowling like second coming of Waqar When there was nothing happening half an hour before that..There is one video of Bancroft putting the sugar granuels in his pocket in dressing room in ashes series is resurfacing on Social media..So it is pure BS by Steve Smith.Even Lehaman had guilty face rather than Shocked face when cameraman caught it and the bald guy got to watch it on his screen and send Handscomb to inform Bancroft..Hell,even Handscomb was talking to Bancroft like"Hey dude we are caught,our ass is gonna be on fire,better hide that thing you have been rubbing on the ball.."Who conveys the message to ball tamperer with face like that!!

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Bloody hell, need to question all of Smith’s games as captain, especially all the ones in Australia

 

what about World Cup win 2015?, Australia literally won it on the back of Starc’s brilliance

In 2015 Aus had both Starc and Johnsen

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