Steve Smith set to undergo elbow surgery as ball-tampering ban nears end
Cricket | January 12, 2019 13:55 ISTFormer Australia captain Steve Smith returned home early from the Bangladesh Premier League to undergo elbow surgery.
Former Australia captain Steve Smith returned home early from the Bangladesh Premier League to undergo elbow surgery.
Recent interviews from Steve Smith and Cameron Bancroft have heightened tensions within Australian cricket.
Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting said he does not believe the fresh controversy on the ball-tampering scandal will have an impact on the national team.
Darren Lehmann also said that Cameron Bancroft should have approached the support staff when he was asked to tamper the ball.
Cameron Bancroft wrote a letter to himself and spoke of the hard times after he was suspended for nine months by Cricket Australia for his involvement in the ball-tampering row.
Steve Smith was handed a 12-month ban for his involvement in the ball-tampering scandal earlier in the year in Cape Town.
Steve Smith and David Warner were seen practising in the nets as Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood bowled at them in Sydney.
Cricket Australia met on Monday to take a decision on the banned trio of Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft.
Cricket Australia handed one-year bans to Steve Smith and David Warner for their involvement in the ball-tampering scandal while Cameron Bancroft was given a nine-month suspension.
Johnson is not the first Australian cricketer to say that the bans should remain. Former skipper Ian Chappel had earlier mentioned that the bans should not be reduced.
Australian cricket is enduring one of its worst phases and a run of losses in recent times prompted calls to bring back their two star players before the contests against India.
Cameron Bancroft was the chief offender in the ball-tampering scandal in South Africa earlier this year in March.
The trio were suspended for their roles in the ball tampering scandal in the Cape Town Test in March where the former two leaders were handed a 12-month suspension and Bancroft given a nine-month ban.
Warner, who stepped down as IPL franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad's captain after the scandal, is confident of taking part in the 12th edition of the league next year before the World Cup.
Sri Lanka sports minister Faiszer Mustapha, under whose oversight SLC is temporarily functioning, said the ICC sanctions alone would be sufficient.
The 25-year-old, who will be playing in Northern Territory's Strike League starting July 1, asserted that his current focus is to continue to perform well and earn his spot back in the Australian team.
Meanwhile, Destructive West Indies batsman Chris Gayle echoed Sammy's views and termed the punishment served to the players as "harsh".
Sri Lanka coach Chandika Hathurusinghe, manager Asanka Gurusinha and Chandimal had previously admitted breaching the "spirit of cricket" by refusing to play for two hours.
The trio are making a steady progress since their suspensions as the former Australian leaders signed up for the Global Canada T20 League which will begin from June 28.
Currently, the maximum sanction under a Level 2 charge is ban of one Test or two ODIs, while under Level 3, a player is slapped with a ban of four Tests or eight ODIs.
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