šŸ Fiddling with balls

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Plusā€¦Handy racial-slur sledging phrase book. :lou_lol:

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Plus packet of tissues to cry into while filing a complaint if someone makes a comment back at you

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Not surprisingly the global media read my post :lou_eyes_to_sky: and have dug deeperā€¦

Seems the Sponsors will end up being the force for change in all of this as they queue up to issue statements of condemnation.

Welcome to the world of Trevor Chappell you idiots

Their world continues to crumble

ā€˜Heā€™s gone rogueā€™: David Warner ā€˜drank Champagne with non-cricket mates as the ball tampering scandal erupted and removed himself from a WhatsApp group with the rest of the Australian teamā€™

  • **A source reportedly told Fox Sports the team were angry at the ex vice captain **
  • **They believe David Warner has ā€˜gone rogueā€™ since the cheating scandal erupted **
  • He also allegedly removed himself from the teamā€™s WhatsApp group chat

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Hahaha

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Shameful (partial) cover up by Cricket Australia :lou_angry:

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Smith and Warner both banned from international cricket for a year, and Bancroft for nine months. Presumably theyā€™ll still be able to play other cricket, but that will depend on who wants them now. Warner in particular has very rapidly achieved pariah status - I heard a report this morning in which it was mentioned that other Aussie players have said they wonā€™t play in the same team as him.

Warner was apparently very much the instigator of the ball-tampering (and it was sandpaper and not tape that was used), while Smith did nothing to stop it. What a pair of arrogant twats.

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The ban includes the IPL. They can only play club cricket.

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$1 million IPL Contracts torn up.

That serves them right.

Problem for Somerset as theyā€™d contracted Bancroft.

But the worst is that they clearly LIED in their statement about it being tape.

Unbelievable

No one except CA believes Lehmann knew nothing about it. In the very unlikely event that this is true, how shit does that make him at his job?

Should be a fun atmosphere at the test on Friday with seriously embarrassed Aussie fans and rightly angry Saffers. Fuck him.

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Also heard the question of who knew what asked of any of the bowlers that came into contact with a ball with sandpaper marks on it.

Surely they all knew?

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Outside of Australia, iā€™m sure all cricket fans are secretly loving this :laughing:

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David Warner should be force fed his silly fucking moustache, boiled alive and his head mounted on a stump to warn others. Surely?

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Good piece here from the Grauniad.

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ā€œIt is not clear why, if this was really the first time the team had cheated in this way, the South African cameramen say they were tipped off to keep an eye out,ā€

I hadnā€™t heard that before.

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