Who to trust - your captain, or a bloke whose sole experience in international cricket is watching his team mates walk up and down grandstand aisles trying to locate the ball under some patrons seat off his bowling...
Yeh he only played one game but still plays at state level so he has a fair bit of experience. I'm not saying I agree with him I said he disagrees with what you said.
Truth be told we all work on the ball and in front of the umpires, we all rub sweat into the ball and the occasional sunscreen and technically that is ball tampering because its changing the condition of the ball but seems to be allowable. I never use lollies or anything like that as what little difference it may make is just not worth it for mine.
Yes, undoubtedly. All teams do. And to a degree go for it. It's become such a batsman centric game these days
I'd be surprised if all teams rub lollies on the ball but I cant speak for every team and like I said I just think Smithy was being diplomatic, but who knows.
I have to say tho I dont think Faf has handle it very well. He did it in front of the umpires and the camera and pleased not guilty on the basis that he thought there was nothing wrong with it, yeh he has already been convicted of ball tampering previously. He seems a slow learner.
