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Baggy Green ball tampering: Bancroft, Smith and the Aussie "Leadership Group"

StephenZA

StephenZA

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Humbled Lehmann looks to New Zealand culture - ESPNcricinfo

A humbled Darren Lehmann has bluntly admitted his "headbutt the line" philosophy for Australia will no longer be tolerated by the game at large, and pointed to the example of New Zealand's cultural regeneration as the way forward for his team. In response to the question of whether he was the right man to mentor the team, he replied: "I need to change."
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"I'm not going to resign as was said. We need to change how we play and within the boundaries we play. Obviously previously we've butted heads on the line but that's not the way to go about us playing cricket moving forward," Lehmann said in Johannesburg. "The thing for me would be if we take a leaf out of someone like say New Zealand's book the way they play and respect the opposition.

"We do respect the opposition but we push the boundaries on the ground. So we've got to make sure we're respecting the game, it's traditions, and understanding [how] the game holds itself around the world. I acknowledge James' comments into the review of the culture of the team and the way we play our cricket and we are all open and ready to assist in this process. The team has been received quite negatively in recent times and there is a need for us to change some of the philosophies about the way we play.
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I mean what an absolutely ****ing two faced ****....
 
Larwood's_boots

Larwood's_boots

U19 Debutant
Pratters said:
Every one is saying Steven Smith will be back but who knows. He might announce his retirement and never play again. This would have taken a lot out of him, the embarassment of it all.
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Remember his suspension ends just in time for the World Cup and the ashes. And I’m sure the Aussie media loves a redemption story as much as their counterparts anywhere else...
 
Senile Sentry

Senile Sentry

International Debutant
Arachnodouche said:
Hey if you presided over the Weetbix company, would you want to be endorsed by someone guilty of cheating lest they were seen to have served an appropriate punishment? More than the public, it's the sponsors who call the shots in this time of image branding.
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In a battle of sponsors vs broadcasters I would be leaning towards the latter.

Public memories are short. Otherwise a certain Shane Warne would have permanently taken up poker in the US in 2003. Yet it didn't happen and he returned as a true Aussie hero two years later and retired another two years with his legacy amplified.
 
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New Zealand should "headbutt the line" and sledge the **** out of them next time they play Australia. Not as if they'll be short of material anyway. :D
 
fredfertang

fredfertang

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Larwood's_boots said:
Remember his suspension ends just in time for the World Cup and the ashes. And I’m sure the Aussie media loves a redemption story as much as their counterparts anywhere else...
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This is the worst aspect of it - he'll take out the unfairness of this on England, and probably beat Bradman's 1930 record
 
Larwood's_boots

Larwood's_boots

U19 Debutant
fredfertang said:
This is the worst aspect of it - he'll take out the unfairness of this on England, and probably beat Bradman's 1930 record
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Right, especially as he famously has nets at his home and a wife who’s willing to load a bowling machine, and can now spend a year preparing for the series :laugh:
 
Larwood's_boots

Larwood's_boots

U19 Debutant
Senile Sentry said:
In a battle of sponsors vs broadcasters I would be leaning towards the latter.

Public memories are short. Otherwise a certain Shane Warne would have permanently taken up poker in the US in 2003. Yet it didn't happen and he returned as a true Aussie hero two years later and retired another two years with his legacy amplified.
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Isn’t warnie a special case down under though? With an extra thick Magic layer of bogan Teflon all over him.
 
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JRC67

U19 12th Man
Burner said:
Sad video. Especially aggravating because Smith looks like all the fiasco is really hurting him inside. Hard not to feel for Smith the man if not the cricketer.
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Looks more like a man who lost a million dollars. The bottom line was he even lied about how he cheated. Yellow tape with dirt was conceivably premeditated stupidity sandpaper is just premeditated. Before I thought it could have been a one off I strongly suspect now that the rumours of past misdameanours are true.
 
BeeGee

BeeGee

International Captain
This has to go down as the most incompetent attempt at ball tampering in history. Not only did Bancroft fail to alter the state of ball, but it was only his attempt to hide the sandpaper in his pants that gave the incontrovertible video evidence of his guilt. Then the misguided, misleading, stupid confession at the press conference. And now three Australian test players have their careers in tatters. And they lost the test anyway. The three stooges couldn't have ballsed it up better.
 
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