Yeap Tim Paine is captain for the rest of the test
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Ahh I see. From those roles.
Have only just been able to watch all the footage from last night. Looking at the shot of Lehmann with the walkie talkie, it certainly looks like heâs in on something. Which is really disappointing, if the shots had been Lehmann on the walkie talkie shouting âWhat the F⌠did I just see on TV?â then Iâd believe that heâs blameless but he looked too calm to be surprised.
Donât think it should be the coach if he didnât have anything to do with it.
That hasnât been proven⌠yet.
Why do we assume guilt before innocence? Why is our society guilty before being proven innocent. It should be the other way around. Let the investigation happen. Smith has said it was the leadership group. That is all we know. He said it wasnât the coach. That is all we know. So at the moment Darren Lehman should not step down as coach because he had no part in the incident. If the investigation finds he has then that is a different story.
Lehmann was probably on the walkie talkie ordering another drink and it just happened to coincide with the replay of Bancroftâs dodgy ball shining skills. Nothing to see here.
Thereâs now a video circulating on Facebook from during the Ashes in January, showing Bancroft pocketing sugar before going back out on the field after lunch. Itâs quite clear what heâs doing - there is no doubt that he has taken sugar from a coffee table and pocketed it. What possible reason could any sane person have to do that, other than for tampering with the ball?
It was broadcast on Channel Nine as they were going to a break and showed a shot of the team getting ready to go back on the field. Someone spotted this, and uploaded it to Facebook in January and it didnât receive much interest at the time, but the number of views and comments on it has erupted in the wake of this ball tampering scandal.
I think that this essentially proves that Steve Smith was lying at the press conference about how this was the first time they ever tampered with the ball, and I think this has been going on for quite a long while. As a result of that, I think that this calls into question every single statement that he made at that press conference - especially his claim that Darren Lehmann was not in on the ball tampering conspiracy.
I actually donât care to be honest. Not enough to warrant further discussion anyway. But I hope you feel better now getting that off your chest.
This is obviously going to be investigated but it still doesnt mean darren lehmann was in on it. Its not like Darren lehmann gave him the sugar.
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The video also incriminates more than just the âleadership groupâ. Usman Khawaja is standing right there watching Bancroft and Mitchell Stark walks right past as well and doesnât bat an eyelid (though I think he is part of the âleadership groupâ?).
Iâd even go so far as to suggest that the entire squad is in on it. Certainly if they werenât involved directly then they would be aware of it which is just as bad.
i agree with hugh !00%
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STeve smith is found guilty of the controversy and will be suspended from the 4th Test. Meanwhile Cameron Bancroft copped 3 demerit points.
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That might be true, but when one thing that someoneâs said has turned out to be untrue, you canât give much credence to the rest of what they say.
Some people called for the forfeiture of the test series to South Africa. I donât think that would be the best outcome, because usually with these events people have bought tickets in advance and would like to see a game of cricket.
It didnât really surprise me to wake up this morning and read that Australia has been skittled for just 107, losing the 3rd Test by 322 runs.
Though they were 0/57 at one point, after that they somehow they found a way to lose their 10 wickets for 50.
They obviously were not in any sort of headspace to be playing cricket. Any victory would have been extremely hollow anyway.
Quite fitting for Morne Merkel to get a âfive forâ, he has always been one of the best behaved cricketers from any country. The Aussies could learn a thing or two from him in how to play the game,
At the moment we dont know what he has said is untrue.
Cricket Australia could reimburse them for the lost tickets.
Whatever, whatâs done is done and Smith, Bancroft and probably Lehmann have brought the game into massive disrepute at a critical moment in their TV rights negotiations. Smith is a goner.
Its not just about lost tickets, lost TV revenue as wellâŚ
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Ball tampering incidents in cricket
Mike Atherton [ENG] v South Africa (1994)
Sachin Tendulkar {IND) v South Africa (2001)
Stuart Broad and Jimmy Anderson {ENG} v South Africa (2010)
Shahid Afridi (PAK) v Australia (ODI) (2010)
Peter Siddle (AUS) v Sri Lanka [Cleared] (2012
Faf du Plessis (SA) v Pakistan (2013)
Vernon Philander (SA) v Sri Lanka (2014)
Faf du Plessis (SA) v Australia (2016)
Cameron Bancroft (AUS) v South Africa (2018)