Australia ball tampering
'We urned it' - Aussie pride restored in Ashes triumph
Australia's cricketers have restored national pride by retaining the coveted Ashes trophy following a reputation-shattering cheating scandal, according to the...
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Bangladesh lifts Steve Smith’s Twenty20 tournament ban
The ruling means the former Australian captain is free to play for Comilla Victorians in the next edition of the BPL starting on 5 January.
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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.
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Cameron Bancroft reveals more details on ball-tampering scandal
The banned Australian player was seen using sandpaper to try to rough up the ball in the Cape Town Test in March.
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'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.
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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.
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'Let them play', union leads calls for end to Smith, Warner bans
The Australian Cricketers’ Association has called for the immediate lifting of lengthy bans imposed on Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft after the release of a scathing report into the culture of Australian cricket.
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Smith to make comeback in Canadian T20 tournament
Australia batsman David Warner is expected to join the June 28-July 16 tournament as a marquee.
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Australia skipper ready for hostile reception in England
Australia’s players must be ready for a hostile reception in England over the ball-tampering scandal when they tour the country for next month’s limited-overs series, stand-in captain Tim Paine said on Thursday.
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Australia to fight for 'respect', says new coach Langer
Perth-born Langer scored more than 7,500 runs in 105 tests, including 23 centuries, before retiring with a slew of greats at the end of the 2006/07 Ashes series.
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ICC asks panel to suggest harsher punishment for ball-tampering
ICC chief executive Dave Richardson said the punishments under its code of conduct for such misbehaviour were inadequate.
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Cricket Australia in no hurry to appoint coach, team leadership
Cricket Australia (CA) will not be hurried into making a decision on their new coach and captain and vice-captain for their one-day side until the team for their tour of England is named, board chairman David Peever said on Friday.
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Clarke offers to help Australia after tampering bans
Michael Clarke, who retired at the end of an unsuccessful Ashes tour of England in 2015, said he would consider returning in any capacity to help out Cricket Australia.
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Australia to have behaviour 'charter' in wake of ball-tampering
The fallout from the saga has been significant with Steve Smith and David Warner being stripped of the captaincy and vice captaincy as well as handed one-year bans.
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Australia team culture criticism exaggerated, says Ponting
Cricket Australia (CA) has slapped 12-month bans on Steve Smith and David Warner, while suspending Cameron Bancroft.
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Morgan hopes ball-tampering bans will restore cricket's image
Cricket Australia handed 12-month bans to former captain Steve Smith and his deputy David Warner, while Bancroft was suspended for nine months.
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David Warner follows team mates, accepts sanction
Steve Smith and David Warner were stripped of their leadership positions for their role in the 24 March incident and are set to lose substantial earnings after sponsors dropped them and they were banned from this year’s IPL.
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Players' union calls for reduced bans for ball-tamperers
The players have until Thursday to appeal their bans, decisions Dyer believed were 'imminent' but 'highly personal' to be decided by the players with their own legal counsel.
