SpaceMonkey
International Debutant
There's surely no way Smith survives this as captain. Not only admitted to cheating in the moment, but also that it was pre-planned? Crazy.
TBH I think not walking is much less bad, provided (1) you don't actively pretend you didn't nick it (shaking head etc); (2) you don't whinge when you get a decision you don't like. There's a reasonable case to say you can just stand there and let the umpire do his/her job.I'm always a bit baffled how in the eyes of Australian cricket stuff like this is the lowest of the low while other forms of cheating like not walking when you know you've nicked the ball are considered generally OK.
Well it's not illegal for you not to walk when the umpire doesn't give you out. It's just unseemly.I reckon there's close to zero chance of Smith and Lehmann surviving in their leadership positions and this is because of the flipside of their much-discussed "crossing the line" behaviour beliefs. You only have to see the reaction from numerous message boards/comments sections and the media reaction to see that in the eyes of Australian cricket and its fans, planned ball tampering is one of the lowest acts there is.
Personally speaking, while it's obviously a grave error what Australia did I don't think it's that bad. I'm always a bit baffled how in the eyes of Australian cricket stuff like this is the lowest of the low while other forms of cheating like not walking when you know you've nicked the ball are considered generally OK.
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Well he may well end up captain next week.Hopefully this is the last I see of Warner for a while. Cannot stand the little ****.
I think it's like three demerit points max you can get for it. So I don't think a ban is on the menu unless CA has the gall to do something on their part.Well he may well end up captain next week.
Surely Smith and Bancroft will be banned for that match at least?
Isn't DW vice-captain and anyway part of the "leadership group" in question? Hard to see how he gets the captaincy if he's complicit?Well he may well end up captain next week.
Surely Smith and Bancroft will be banned for that match at least?
Hard to not give it him if Smith gets banned as who else is there?Isn't DW vice-captain and anyway part of the "leadership group" in question? Hard to see how he gets the captaincy if he's complicit?
Paine IMO.Hard to not give it him if Smith gets banned as who else is there?
It'll be back to Bob Simpson againHard to not give it him if Smith gets banned as who else is there?
Being VC doesn’t mean ‘must be next in line for captaincy’. They may decide they need someone totally clean.Hard to not give it him if Smith gets banned as who else is there?
If you sack the captain for offence X, there's no logic in passing the captaincy to the vice-captain who was also guilty of offence X.Hard to not give it him if Smith gets banned as who else is there?
This. Although I find it hard to believe he wasn't also complicit.Paine IMO.
Might have to fly someone in to be a specialist captain at this point Mike Brearley style.Hard to not give it him if Smith gets banned as who else is there?
Being stubborn Aussies they probably will give it to Warner or just let Smith carry on.Might have to fly someone in to be a specialist captain at this point Mike Brearley style.
Failing that, Paine maybe? Surely the QdK incident means that optically Warner couldn't become captain either?
Smith will continue on tarnished as he is imo. Giving Warner the captaincy now of all times would just be ridiculous.Being stubborn Aussies they probably will give it to Warner or just let Smith carry on.
Not in the spirit of the game to remove him from the job and all that.