3rd Test: South Africa v Australia at Newlands, Capetown, March 22-26, 2018

[Tommy Smith]

Jesus. Calm your farm. There’s no way Smith or Lehmann would be stupid enough to instruct Bancroft to do that in view of all those cameras. If he’s been ball tampering surely he’s acting of his own volition.

 

[Mr Angry]

Once the leadership group is identified.

They should be sent home after the game, banned for a year minimum and never to be in a leadership group again.

ICC can give whatever punishment they see fit, then Australian Cricket should go further for disgracing them, send a message this will not be tolerated.

 

[TheParraboy]

Proteas captain Faf du Plessis was fined his entire match fee and handed three demerit points for changing the condition of a ball with a mint in the Hobart Test in November 2016

I guess if we are gonna bag Smith from pillar to post

What we think of Faf?

 

[blaza88z]

The actual punishment from the ICC will be mild

Cricket Australia need to step in and lay it down

 

[Mr Angry]

Surely Tim Paine is not in the leadership group, f**k Wade.

 

[Mr Angry]

Proteas captain Faf du Plessis was fined his entire match fee and handed three demerit points for changing the condition of a ball with a mint in the Hobart Test in November 2016

I guess if we are gonna bag Smith from pillar to post

What we think of Faf?

Got off lightly, hence blokes are still trying it.

 

[stryker]

Im a huge fan of Smith as a cricketer. I thought he played the game tough but fair.
Very dissappointed.

 

[Tommy Smith]

Me, JJ and Iafeta waking up to the headlines...

 

[Mr Angry]

Always figured you would look like George Costanza

 

[Zadar]

Huge uproar, scandals, cheats, and the fine is a match fee?

Doesn’t look like ball tampering is taken seriously by even cricket officials.


New balls should be given every 60 overs. 80 overs is way too long, and encourages team to push the boundaries with ball tampering.

 

[umina panther]

Huge uproar, scandals, cheats, and the fine is a match fee?

Doesn’t look like ball tampering is taken seriously by even cricket officials.


New balls should be given every 60 overs. 80 overs is way too long, and encourages team to push the boundaries with ball tampering.

No team is encouraged to take sandpaper to the ball. All involved should never play for Australia again

 

[JJ]

The worry is this was, in their words, from the leadership group

Sure, Bancroft can be suspended, but Smith, Warner (seems logical the v/c is part of the leadership group) and whoever else is in that group should be hit hard... If Bancroft is the sole person punished, it's kind of the last straw with the ICC being a joke -he's a junior player, and it seems he was being a team player.

 

[billygilmore]

Click onto cricinfo this morning to check the score, wow, we are a f**king disgrace, we may cross the line with sledging and what not but outright cheating.

Any players in that leadership group can f**k right of out the team, if that’s there attitude what chance do any young blokes have coming into a culture where cheating is perfectly acceptable

 

[Mr Angry]

The worry is this was, in their words, from the leadership group

Sure, Bancroft can be suspended, but Smith, Warner (seems logical the v/c is part of the leadership group) and whoever else is in that group should be hit hard... If Bancroft is the sole person punished, it's kind of the last straw with the ICC being a joke -he's a junior player, and it seems he was being a team player.

Indeed Bancroft should be one who gets off lightly, just did what his captain asked.

ICC should punish, CA even more.

 

[T-Boon]

All involved should never play for Australia again

They should be banned from 50 over cricket because who gives a damn about 50 over cricket. Warner should be forced to have a boxing bout with SBW. Lehmann should be dumped but not because of this scandal. Smith should be made captain coach.

 

[billygilmore]

The worry is this was, in their words, from the leadership group

Sure, Bancroft can be suspended, but Smith, Warner (seems logical the v/c is part of the leadership group) and whoever else is in that group should be hit hard... If Bancroft is the sole person punished, it's kind of the last straw with the ICC being a joke -he's a junior player, and it seems he was being a team player.

Remember how crucified Salam Butt was compared to Amir, Smith and co are f**ked, absolute disgrace, Bancroft’s stupid but young guy new to the team, do anything to prove himself and Smith puts this shit on him, Smith is a piece of garbage

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Has the line been crossed yet Steve?

 

[Mr Angry]

They should be banned from 50 over cricket because who gives a damn about 50 over cricket. Warner should be forced to have a boxing bout with SBW. Lehmann should be dumped but not because of this scandal. Smith should be made captain coach.

You are as funny as a fart in a lift, bet you are still giggling at yourself, while everyone else just knows you smell.

 

[T-Boon]

They should be sent home after the game, banned for a year minimum and never to be in a leadership group again.

I still think the reverse sweep brings the game into more disrepute than ball tampering.

 

[T-Boon]

You are as funny as a fart in a lift, bet you are still giggling at yourself, while everyone else just knows you smell.

Well, I haven't had time to shower yet.