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

[Spark]

I'm still not fully convinced that Smith was that involved in the ins and outs of the tampering - his role has been richly studied and documented, probably the most so of any of the three, and the worst thing he did IMO came after the fact with that horrendous press conference - but I fully believe that the bowlers knew all about it all along and have thought that since day 1.

 

[Spark]

Also the initial rage and overreaction by the media, the public and civil society/politicians here, reflected mercifully only in a few individuals here, only looks more embarrassing and lacking in perspective in the three years since.

 

[Bolo.]

In the game that they got the cameras to stop the tampering before effects got too crazy. They caught it early because they saw it in the previous game.

Personally, I prefer to go with the 'if we didnt catch them cheating at the time, they werent really cheating' theory.

I am pretty partisan relative to some of the members here. I typically care a lot more about whether RSA wins than the quality of the cricket. But Aus hooping it was probably my favourite passage of play in any test match, and defs my favourite when my side is getting the snot knocked out of it.

This message took me so long to write properly
in my drunken state last night that I feel I deserve a post graduate degree for it.

If you watched that passage of play you should remember it. It was glorious. I never got to see the WI in full pomp, but I doubt their worst bowler on the day was more entertaining than M Fecking Marsh reversing it around corners in the second test.

 

[social]

I am old enough to remember when Flintoff etc didn’t know that Trescothick had been rubbing Murray’s Mints on a ball after research by the squad showed it to be most effective

Sandpaper pffft

 

[cnerd123]

I am old enough to remember when Flintoff etc didn’t know that Trescothick had been rubbing Murray’s Mints on a ball after research by the squad showed it to be most effective

Sandpaper pffft

Oh yea? Well @Burgey is old enough to remember when WG Grace refused to walk after being bowled.

 

[Burgey]

But not old enough to remember when cnerd had an original thought.

 

[Noumenon]

Open letter time in AUS cricket.

 

[morgieb]

Talk about a big PR ****up. Bancroft now saying "nah I have nothing" and now the bowlers putting out a statement saying they didn't cheat.

All sides should've shut the hell up. Once Bancroft said what he said CA should've just gone and said "this is a past matter, no future punishments. Just inform us what happened".

Instead we have a scenario where no-one is satisifed and open warfare seems to be happening between Bancroft and the bowlers.

 

[Burgey]

There’s nothing to tell them about. Bancroft’s comments don’t implicate anyone.

 

[GIMH]

Think it's fair to say the 17-18 Ashes should be expunged. Given 2019 was a draw we have to back to 2015 to determine the holders of the urn.

 

[Burgey]

The greatest injustice in this whole sorry tale is that Cameron Bancroft played test cricket

 

[Spikey]

Open welfare has been happening between Bancroft and bowlers once they figured out he loves to knock one to leg gully tbh

 

[Gob]

Think it's fair to say the 17-18 Ashes should be expunged. Given 2019 was a draw we have to back to 2015 to determine the holders of the urn.

 

[Spikey]

England's coach in 2015 was Trevor Bayliss who taught David Warner and Steve Smith everything they know [citation needed] so therefore England can't claim 2015 either. I believe Sri Lanka are the current holders of Ashes.

 

[GIMH]

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Saliva ain't ball tampering bro

 

[Spikey]

Shame Tres couldn't ****ing cheat his way to a Somerset title.

 

[Gob]

Saliva ain't ball tampering bro

Yeah but I still had to try

 

[Spark]

What a mess lol

 

[Spikey]

Gob tried his best, lay off him Spark

 

[Lillian Thomson]

They go on as though these boys invented ball tampering. The only real story here is the serious lack of brain cells that lead them to believe they could get away with this method given the number of cameras on the ground and the scrutiny they're subjected to.