No, because they weren't all on the same s--t, that's the point. They were all on drugs and lance had the best drugs, it reduced the importance of athleticism significantly. If you do the same thing with ball tampering it just becomes who can figure out the most constructive way of smuggling a hacksaw blade or machete onto the field and becomes less about who good you are at cricket.
You're simply wrong
Never should have been made skipper. He never showed any signs of leadership ability and he's a little ****. He's basically Australia's Kohli.
Not sure, he should be but not sure if CA will do it. Question is who the heck would replace him given that him and Warner are the only two properly guaranteed starters outside of the quicks and Lyon (who doesn't strike me as exactly captain material), and I'm fairly sure I remember reading a few dodgy headlines about little Davey Warner earlier in the series
It's extremely off topic- lets just agree to disagree and take it up again on disgracedcyclingweb at some point in the future
Yeah I agree. This is possibly the worst thing about it. Why did the leadership group come up with the plan, and then get someone 7 tests in to his career to carry it out? Your plan, your responsibility. It's incredibly poor form to not only hatch a plan to cheat, but then **** up the new guy's life by having him carry it out. Even if he volunteered, they shouldn't have been willing to throw him under the bus. I thought Bancroft's comment that he was 'wrong place, wrong time' was fairly telling.
we all know it'll be mitch marsh
I would argue fixing matches, which can involve deliberately not playing to the best of your ability, is worse. But that doesn't excuse this incident.
He is, but it doesn't sound right to me that he would've said he'd do it with no prompting from the guys who came up with the idea in the first place. Clearly his position in relation to the bowler, and any suspicion that might come from an unexplained fielding position change if someone else did it, might have come into it. I'm pretty sure the 'leadership group' would have had a shortlist of fielders in positions where they could do the job, and I'm also pretty sure none of their names would have been on it, which is pissweak.
I think England's effort in getting bowled out for 58 in NZ makes it clear there was no need to ball tamper during The Ashes.
Rather be bowled out by Boult and Co for 58 than by your pack of cheating ****s any day. Rather support a **** cricket team than a pack of cheating, extremley dislikeable aresholes too.
