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.
Former Australia bowling coach David Saker wants the country's cricket board to make its investigation into the 2018 ball-tampering scandal public.
Vaughan 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.
With 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.
Clarke 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.
Broad 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.
It 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.
Cricket 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.
The 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.
Holding 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.
The International Cricket Council (ICC), during its recent CEC meeting, considered the use of artificial substances on the ball instead of saliva.
Ashish Nehra and Harbhajan Singh have both said that not allowing the bowlers to use saliva would take 'swing out of the equation'.
According 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.
Flintoff believes the whole team must have been part of the incident one way or the other.
According 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.
Pooran 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.
Warner 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.
It is understood that Plunkett himself had raised the issue with officials after becoming aware of the allegations.
Australian media reports on Friday revealed the breadth of the fracture between Warner and his teammates immediately after the ball-tampering scandal.
Bancroft moved from his overnight 73 to bring up his 12th first-class century.
The interviews have taken the sheen off the Boxing Day Test between India and Australia which ended with the host losing by 137 runs.
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