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Well done CA - 12 months for Warner and Smith 9 months for Bancroft.
They have set the bar for all cricket nations. No more slap on the wrist as has been the case in the past.

Still got a lot more to this story to come out. No way that only those three knew about this.
All part of the culture set up by "boofhead" and his cohorts IMHO

CA will try to appease the sponsors , and at the same time limit the damage. Its all a PR excercise. The "spin "machine will be in overdrive. Its a bit like pollies thinking we believe what they say.

Next XI

Who will be in it?

Bancroft's penalty is harsh especially when comparred to the other two given that he was not the cricket Field Marshall.

BC wrote:

Beasley Hutton wrote: 12 months suspension are you lot for real?
I have seen less time for manslaughter in our courts this is a game of cricket FFS.
Yeah they were naughty boys, broke the rules and got caught ball tampering as the likes of DuPlessis, Philander, Atherton, Waqar Younis, Dravid & Sachin Tendulkar have all been found guilty of.
Hit them were it really hurts in the hip pocket and im not talking the usual $10k fine either along with any leadership responsibilities now and for the rest of their career!

So what have you got to say for yourself now BH?

A complete and utter knee jerk over reaction from CA with these ridiculous suspensions just to appease the moronic mass media and the general public most who not only have no idea about cricket or sport in general but have no idea that ball tampering is common place in world cricket and the rest of the cricketing world are laughing themselves silly is my response BC!

anchorman wrote: Chris Lynn has come out and said it is rife in the shield competition and T20.

Of course it is Anchor it is rife in world cricket anyone who follows the game knows it how on earth do you think sides get reverse swing especially the likes of SA from the likes of 2 time convicted ball tamperer Philander and Rabada after only 18 overs!
CA have been totally sucked in with this knee jerk response and reaction whilst the rest of the cricketing world will go on doing the same as!

One can only hope that a broom sweeps through the entire Australian cricket team and their behaviour improves 1,000%. Perhaps if this happens junior coaches around Australia may be able to point out to their junior players an Australian cricketer that would be a good role model for them.

Who cares if everyone else is doing it BH....Aust did it, got caught and hopefully can lead from the front and stop Australia from doing it ever.....let other countries worry about their own backyards... folk are only laughing because we were exposed as hypocrites.....anyway think yourself lucky you ain't living overseas....us expats are getting it left right and centre.....only way I can shut the kiwis up is by laughing and mentioning their beloved deceased Martin Crowe used bottle tops to butcher the ball and Warner and Smith grew up admiring his cricketing prowess....not with the bat but with bottle tops....

Be better if Lehmann had gone too....he has taken this side as far as they can go....time for fresh ideas anyway.....2019 can't come soon enough....

Freezin wrote: Who cares if everyone else is doing it BH....Aust did it, got caught and hopefully can lead from the front and stop Australia from doing it ever.....let other countries worry about their own backyards... folk are only laughing because we were exposed as hypocrites.....anyway think yourself lucky you ain't living overseas....us expats are getting it left right and centre.....only way I can shut the kiwis up is by laughing and mentioning their beloved deceased Martin Crowe used bottle tops to butcher the ball and Warner and Smith grew up admiring his cricketing prowess....not with the bat but with bottle tops....

Be better if Lehmann had gone too....he has taken this side as far as they can go....time for fresh ideas anyway.....2019 can't come soon enough....

Freeze I can't believe Lehmann's escaped the noose.

Makes me laugh using excuses "they all did it so should we", tell me again what Warner said about the SA captain, something along the lines of "we would never do that as an Aussie cricket team". Take the high moral ground...dont whinge or make excuses when ya get pinged. Got here commupnence for once, spoilt millionare brats!!