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FILE: Australian cricketing great Shane Warne chats with a customer during a book signing event for his new autobiography titled "No Spin", in Melbourne on 19 October 2018. Picture: AFP

Ball tampering

Warne suggests weighted ball to solve shining dilemma

By Reuters

The traditional way of shining the ball by rubbing it with sweat and saliva to generate swing is likely to be discontinued on health grounds when cricket...

  • Australian batsman David Warner hits the ball during the first international T20 cricket match between Australia and Sri Lanka at the Adelaide Oval on 27 October 2019. Picture: AFP

    Warner calls for respect from SA fans

    David Warner was painted as the villain of the piece during the 'Sandpapergate' scandal in March 2018, in which he was accused of trying to alter the condition of the ball during a test match along with his captain Steve Smith and Cameron Bancroft.

    424 days ago
  • FILE: Australia's Steve Smith plays a shot during a World Cup cricket warm-up match against New Zealand in Brisbane on 10 May 2019. Picture: AFP

    Steve Smith says he's moved on from ball-tampering scandal

    Smith was at the centre of the scandal that rocked Australian cricket and game at large - fellow batsmen Cameron Bancroft and David Warner were also involved.

    425 days ago
  • FILE: Australia's David Warner (L) speaks with Steve Smith after victory during the Twenty20 match between Australia and Sri Lanka at the Gabba in Brisbane on 30 October 2019. Picture: AFP

    Warner, Smith braced for 'very hostile' SA crowds after cheating scandal

    The last time the pair played in South Africa, almost two years ago, they were sent home in disgrace for attempting to alter the ball with sandpaper during a Cape Town Test. It cost them 12-month suspensions and for Warner, a lifetime leadership ban.

    431 days ago
  • FILE: Australia batsman David Warner calls for a run. Picture: AFP

    Smith, Warner must 'ride the storm' in South Africa: Hazlewood

    The pair will fly out with the Australia squad on Friday for a limited overs tour in the duo’s first visit to the country since serving 12-month bans for their parts in the tampering plot during the Cape Town Test.

    432 days ago
  • FILE: South Africa's Lungi Ngidi (R) celebrates after taking the wicket of Australia's Aaron Finch (C) during the first one-day international (ODI) cricket match between South Africa and Australia at the Optus Perth stadium in Perth on 4 November 2018. Picture: AFP

    Dead rubber? Not against the Aussies

    Daniel Gallan says that the Proteas' final World Cup match against Australia is anything but a dead rubber, with a number of narratives coming into play.

    655 days ago
  • FILE: Australia batsman David Warner calls for a run. Picture: AFP

    Warner booed as Australia bat against England in World Cup warm-up

    Both Warner and former Australia captain Steve Smith only returned to international duty earlier this month after completing 12-month suspensions for their roles in a ball-tampering scandal in South Africa.

    696 days ago
  • FILE: Australia's Jason Behrendorff (C) celebrates taking the wicket of India's Mahendra Singh Dhoni during the first one-day international (ODI) match between Australia and India at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney on 12 January 2019. Picture: AFP

    Cricket Australia hails players' post-scandal conduct

    The men's national team had no conduct citings during 2018-19 season, the first clean sheet in seven years, and code of conduct charges at all levels dropped 74 percent, CA chairman Earl Eddings said.

    712 days ago
  • David Warner in action during his Indian Premier League franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad match against Rajasthan Royals. Picture: @IPL/Twitter.

    Smith, Warner return for Australia's World Cup defence

    The return of Steve Smith and David Warner to Australia’s squad for the Cricket World Cup came as little surprise on Monday but selectors still managed to cause a stir by omitting strike bowler Josh Hazlewood and in-form batsman Peter Handscomb.

    736 days ago
  • FILE: Australian cricketers Steve Smith (left) and David Warner (right). Picture: AFP

    Smith, Warner omitted from Australia ODI squad

    The pair’s ball-tampering bans expire on 28 March, which would have made them eligible to play in the final two matches of the UAE series in Dubai on 29 March and 31 March.

    774 days ago
  • FILE: Australian cricketers Steve Smith (left) and David Warner (right). Picture: AFP

    Smith, Warner bans to end during Pakistan ODI series

    Smith and Warner, who were banned for their roles in last year’s Cape Town ball-tampering scandal, are eligible for selection again on 29 March, meaning they can be called up for the fourth ODI against Pakistan.

    799 days ago
  • Former Australian cricket captain Steve Smith speaks during a press conference at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) in Sydney on 21 December 2018. Picture: AFP

    Smith: 'Sutherland told us they pay us to win matches not just to play'

    Former Australia captain Steve Smith in an interview that former Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland told the team they didn’t pay them to just play matches but to win them.

    845 days ago
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    851 days ago
  • Former Australian cricket captain Steve Smith speaks during a press conference at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) in Sydney on 21 December 2018. Picture: AFP

    Banned Steve Smith reveals details of ball-tampering debacle

    Facing Australian media for the first time since his teary apology at a news conference at Sydney airport on 29 March, Smith said he had learned of the plan when he overheard a conversation in the team’s dressing room at Newlands.

    851 days ago
  • FILE: Australian captain Tim Paine. Picture: AFP

    'Sick of ball tampering talk' - Paine focuses on India challenge

    With the world’s number one Test nation awaiting them in Adelaide in the first of four Tests from Thursday, the Australia skipper said it was time to start looking forward.

    868 days ago
  • Former Australia captain Michael Clarke. Picture: @MClarke23/Twitter

    Toughen up! Clarke warns Aussies nice guys don't win

    A scathing independent review into the ball-tampering scandal released last month revealed a bullying culture within the sport and criticised cricketers for 'playing the mongrel' against opponents.

    874 days ago
  • FILE: Australia's Steve Smith and Cameron Bancroft admit to 'planned' ball tampering. Picture: Twitter/@CricketAus

    Cricket Australia rules out cutting ball-tampering bans

    CA interim chairman Earl Eddings said the board had "determined that it is not appropriate to make any changes to the sanctions handed down to the three players".

    882 days ago
  • FILE: Steve Smith (left), David Warner (centre) and Cameron Bancroft (right). Picture: Twitter/@CricketAus

    Smith, Warner bans to be reviewed this week: reports

    Steve Smith and David Warner could have their one-year bans from international and state cricket reduced or adjusted after a review by the board of Cricket Australia (CA) this week, local media reports said on Monday.

    883 days ago
  • FILE: David Miller and Faf du Plessis shake hands during their match against Australia. Picture: @OfficialCSA/Twitter.

    Faf du Plessis urges Australia to keep the aggression

    Coach Justin Langer and Tim Paine have both pledged to change the win-at-all-costs culture that was rampant when Australian players tried to cheat in Cape Town.

    886 days ago
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