Ban for Life - Smith, Warner

[coffee_rules]

I think it is pretty evident that Bancroft has followed leadership advice on this saga, so he has been fined 3 demerit points. Smith gets a ban for a test and life should move on. But a lot of cricketers in Australia is calling for a life ban for Smith and Warner. I don't think it is fair.  When players who have fixed matches and come back to play (Gibbs, Amir, etc.), this kind of cheating should not call for a life ban. May be they should be banned from captaincy for sure.

[velu]

ban for life is extreme overeaction .. ban for some tests 

[Ankit_sharma03]

ban for life is too much 

 

[kira]

As much as I would love to have Smith banned for life, I don't want it because his average of 60+ would become immortal and people would overhype his legend  even more as what he would have become, I would much rather watch his downfall on the field 

[Moochad]

Ban for a year sounds good. 

[Laaloo]

Ban him until after the next world cup.

[wanted_desi]

Ban for life would be too harsh given we have some cricketers who fixed matches and are still playing in all formats. 

[maniac]

NO

 

Lol guys who have fixed matches are welcomed with open arms in padosiland and you want ban or life ban for ball tampering

 

Well if you consider ball tampering to be such a major issue then

 

our neighbors used to make to make animal crackers out of the ball by changing it into various shapes...should all their lejundary records be expunged?

Edited March 26, 2018 by maniac

[Mosher]

Ban for life is too extreme. Life ban should be the punishment for match fixers. Make Smith and Warner step down from captaincy and VC and ban them for a few matches.

Edited March 26, 2018 by Mosher

[maniac]

It all comes down to ethics I guess...Afridi bit the ball on TV in front of everyone,the most blatant case of ball tampering in the history of the game and he was banned for what 1 match?

 

Didnt he continue as captain after that for a long time?

 

wasnt FAF made the captain after zip gate?

 

why so much overreaction to this? 

 

Ban them for a few games,fine them and move on 

 

 

Edited March 26, 2018 by maniac

[King Tendulkar]

Life ban would be popestrous 

 

i would say a 4 to 6 month ban is ideal . Aussies need to walk the talk and have high standard

 

of course if Pakistani did it pcb would build a new stadium ( if they could afford it ) and name it honour of their boyzz 

[Sean Bradley]

Immature thread and op, we are talking about the 2 international stalwarts here, aren't we? As long as we don't have a case of performance enhancement drug or match fixing, life ban is unimaginable on any player in any sport. Yet cricket is known to be lenient on fixers, this is what a ball rubbed with a tape by a X Cricketer on instruction of Y? Maradona "The hand of God", blatant cheating in worlds biggest sporting event continued to flourish and had a prolonged career, nuff said !!

Edited March 26, 2018 by Sean Bradley

[King Tendulkar]

Let’s be honest not murdered anyone 

 

real crimes are drugs and match fixing 

 

cos its Aussies we loving it . But in reality it’s mass over reaction . Probably 3 to 8 game ban suffices 

 

agree with stripping of captaincy though . Aussies need to do this for own integrity 

[Zero_Unit]

Severely punished, yes. Ban for life, no.

If they really want to punish him, ban him from international cricket for couple of months to a year and not give noc to play on leagues around the world. 

[ravishingravi]

I think what they are going through is some serious punishment. What they will go through for rest of their lives and careers will be a serious punishment. This is their livelihood. Its their lives. Online keyboard champions might not value it. But its big deal. 

[Scar]

I don't think such severe punishment should be levied upon an anyone for such puny a crime(if you wanna call it that). Although, I must admit, my chain of thoughts stems from past experience where many guys came out of such incidents, almost unscathed. Why there should be different standard for Smith and co. Yes they deserve punishment and that is already handed out by ICC coupled with vinegary outburst by Australian citizenry is enough humiliation for them as it stands. 

[adi B]

Nah ,life ban would be too much ,even a cheat like Amir got only 5 years and now playing with full support of their fans .

Smith should get a year max and then allowed to make a comeback,warner for 6 months 

[adi B]

1 hour ago, maniac said:

It all comes down to ethics I guess...Afridi bit the ball on TV in front of everyone,the most blatant case of ball tampering in the history of the game and he was banned for what 1 match?

 

Didnt he continue as captain after that for a long time?

 

wasnt FAF made the captain after zip gate?

 

why so much overreaction to this? 

 

Ban them for a few games,fine them and move on 

 

 

Faf didn't admit to it and CSA covered up well ,aftidi was blatant but then we know what ethics the pcb have shown in the past l! 

In this case Smith admitted it and named the top leadership as well and their is a big backlash at home ,unlike the other two cases so CA will definitely set an example of it .

[Trichromatic]

1 hour ago, maniac said:

It all comes down to ethics I guess...Afridi bit the ball on TV in front of everyone,the most blatant case of ball tampering in the history of the game and he was banned for what 1 match?

 

Didnt he continue as captain after that for a long time?

 

wasnt FAF made the captain after zip gate?

 

why so much overreaction to this? 

 

Ban them for a few games,fine them and move on 

 

 

You're comparing cricketing issue with non-cricketing issue.

 

Smith already got punishment by ICC for the cricketing issue.

 

Now whatever CA does won't be just for cricketing reasons. There is more to it. It's not limited to cricket fans and cricket boards any longer. Now govt and politicians are involved and that's how cricket has been in Australia.

 

http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/22916100/why-australia-outraged-steven-smith-team

 

 

[Sachinism]

2.5 year ban would be reasonable.