Ball Tampering
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CA should make ball-tampering investigation report public: Saker
Cricket | Jun 03, 2021, 11:04 AM ISTFormer Australia bowling coach David Saker wants the country's cricket board to make its investigation into the 2018 ball-tampering scandal public.
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Ball Tampering: Piecemeal investigation not good, says Vaughan
Cricket | May 20, 2021, 03:32 PM ISTVaughan said that he felt the bans on Warner, Smith and Bancroft, were too extreme, but it is now difficult for Cricket Australia to retrospectively ban more players.
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'Ball tampering scandal reveals crack within Australian team'
Cricket | May 19, 2021, 11:38 AM ISTWith the latest media spotlight on the Ball-Tampering scandal, former England captain Michael Vaughan feels the latest incident has shown there are cracks in the Australian team ahead of the Ashes later this year.
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Ball Tampering scandal: Australian bowlers' clarification doesn't hold water with Clarke
Cricket | May 19, 2021, 10:54 AM ISTClarke said their joint statement finds no mention of the incident's chief protagonist, Cameron Bancroft, and the Australian team's former bowling coach, David Saker.
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Will be interesting if Warner writes book on ball-tampering scandal after retirement: Broad
Cricket | May 18, 2021, 02:23 PM ISTBroad also agreed with Cameron Bancroft and then Australian bowling coach David Saker that the knowledge of the illegal ploy was not limited to the three men who were suspended for their part in it.
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Bancroft backtracks on claims, says no new information to offer in ball-tampering scandal
Cricket | May 18, 2021, 11:22 AM ISTIt has now emerged that Bancroft has responded to CA's integrity unit that had reached out to him in search of new information on the infamous incident.
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Ball tampering: Cricket Australia integrity unit contacts Bancroft over fresh information
Cricket | May 17, 2021, 03:09 PM ISTCricket Australia's Integrity team has now reached out to the young batsman to know if he has any fresh information to share on the matter.
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If ICC allow ball tampering, it will be very hard to manage: Dinesh Karthik
Cricket | May 05, 2020, 05:13 PM ISTThe coronavirus pandemic has not just forced a suspension of all sporting events across the globe, it has also raised question marks on the future and whether the ICC should look at other options to help the bowlers keep the shine on the ball rather than using saliva or sweat.
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Michael Holding questions suggestions of legalising ball-tampering
Cricket | Apr 28, 2020, 01:44 PM ISTHolding believes there is 'no logic' behind the reported move as players will anyway be playing the game in a safe environment and use of saliva on the ball shouldn't be an issue.
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Michael Holding finds no logic in legalising ball-tampering, Waqar Younis reckons saliva must
Cricket | Apr 27, 2020, 05:23 PM ISTThe International Cricket Council (ICC), during its recent CEC meeting, considered the use of artificial substances on the ball instead of saliva.
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Saliva necessary, vaseline can't be replacement: Nehra, Harbhajan on legalising ball tampering
Cricket | Apr 25, 2020, 06:50 PM ISTAshish Nehra and Harbhajan Singh have both said that not allowing the bowlers to use saliva would take 'swing out of the equation'.
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Coronavirus pandemic may force legalization of ball tampering: Report
Cricket | Apr 24, 2020, 02:17 PM ISTAccording to a report, it is possible that the ICC may allow for the use of an artificial substance on the ball, as the use of saliva to shine the ball is no longer an option.
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Steve Smith took blame for everyone else in ball-tampering scandal: Andrew Flintoff
Cricket | Apr 22, 2020, 04:12 PM ISTFlintoff believes the whole team must have been part of the incident one way or the other.
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Sandpaper Gate fiasco born out of leadership gulf, says Ricky Ponting
Cricket | Feb 13, 2020, 03:20 PM ISTAccording to Ponting, the road leading Australia to the Newlands scandal had started years before when he became fearful of a decline in the level of senior experience around the national team.
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West Indies' Nicholas Pooran suspended for ball-tampering against Afghanistan
Cricket | Nov 13, 2019, 03:18 PM ISTPooran admitted the offence on Tuesday and accepted the sanction proposed by match referee Chris Broad and, as such, there was no need for a formal hearing.
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David Warner used strapping on hand to tamper with ball: Alastair Cook
Cricket | Sep 10, 2019, 06:31 PM ISTWarner was handed a suspension from international cricket for being a part of the group that altered the ball with sandpaper during a Test match against South Africa in March 2018.
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ICC clears England's pacer Liam Plunkett of ball-tampering
Cricket | May 13, 2019, 11:56 AM ISTIt is understood that Plunkett himself had raised the issue with officials after becoming aware of the allegations.
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Sandpapergate: Australian bowling quartet threatened boycott unless David Warner was punished - Reports
Cricket | Mar 29, 2019, 12:43 PM ISTAustralian media reports on Friday revealed the breadth of the fracture between Warner and his teammates immediately after the ball-tampering scandal.
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Back under the sun, Cameron Bancroft blows Ashes bugle with 358-ball marathon on first-class return
Cricket | Feb 24, 2019, 05:19 PM ISTBancroft moved from his overnight 73 to bring up his 12th first-class century.
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Feel like a soap opera director, says Justin Langer on Smith-Bancroft interviews controversy
Cricket | Dec 31, 2018, 04:26 PM ISTThe interviews have taken the sheen off the Boxing Day Test between India and Australia which ended with the host losing by 137 runs.