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• Trevor Bayliss: England coach 'embarrassed' by Australian ball-tampering incident

  27-03-2018 23:14 via bbc.co.uk
  England coach Trevor Bayliss says he is "embarrassed" by Australia's ball-tampering incident during their tour of South Africa.
  
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• Cricket Australia plays softball on day when hard was required | Geoff Lemon

  27-03-2018 21:22
  James Sutherland’s general comments about an uncompleted investigation into ball tampering did the ruling body no good and allowed the issue to festerIt was as Cricket Australia as Cricket Australia gets. Process before progress, careful phrasing before straight answers. The chief executive officer, James Sutherland, fronted up on Tuesday evening South African time after a day of anticipation about how Australia’s ball-tampering scandal would be resolved, then postponed resolving it
  
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• Australia send home trio from SA but Lehmann remains as coach

  27-03-2018 21:08 via bbc.co.uk
  Cricket Australia sends captain Steve Smith, vice-captain David Warner and batsman Cameron Bancroft home from South Africa.
  
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• Watch again: James Sutherland's news conference

  27-03-2018 20:24 via bbc.co.uk
  Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland tells the media that captain Steve Smith, vice-captain David Warner and batsman Cameron Bancroft will be sent home from South Africa and face "significant sanctions" for ball-tampering in the third Test in Cape Town.
  
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• Cricket ball-tampering row: Australian trio sent home – as it happened

  27-03-2018 20:09
  Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland said Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft were the only players aware of the ball-tampering plot 7.09pm BST I’m signing off now, but keep your eyes on Guardian Cricket for the latest from Ali Martin and Adam Collins in Johannesburg, comment from Geoff Lemon and much more from our writers in Australia.Related: Cricket Australia exiles Smith, Warner and Bancroft as Lehmann stays on7.01pm BST Can a group be just two people? Asking for a friend.
  
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• Cricket Australia sends Smith, Warner and Bancroft home as Lehmann stays

  27-03-2018 19:41
  • The three main players in the ball-tampering affair are sent home
  • Decisions on sanctions for them are due in the next 24 hoursDarren Lehmann has survived as Australia head coach after the investigation into ball-tampering during the recent Cape Town Test concluded that only three players were involved.Steve Smith, the Australia captain, his deputy David Warner and the batsman Cameron Bancroft have all been sent home in disgrace and told to expect “significant sanctions”
  
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• Cricket Australia exiles Smith, Warner and Bancroft as Lehmann stays on

  27-03-2018 19:41
  • Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft sent home
  • Decisions on sanctions for players due in the next 24 hoursThe Australia head coach Darren Lehmann will remain in his job following the ball-tampering controversy in the third Test against South Africa, Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland has announced.Sutherland said captain Steve Smith, vice-captain David Warner and Cameron Bancroft were the only players aware of the ball-tampering plot and all have been repo
  
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• Watch: BBC's Dan Roan tries to get answers from Lehmann & Warner

  27-03-2018 19:15 via bbc.co.uk
  Australia coach Darren Lehmann denies ball-tampering during the Ashes when questioned at Johannesburg airport by the BBC's Sports Editor Dan Roan.
  
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• Trevor Bayliss: Steve Smith is a young bloke who made a big mistake

  27-03-2018 19:09
  England’s Australian coach a former mentor of SmithBayliss has no reason to suspect ball-tampering at AshesTrevor Bayliss prefaced his remarks about the ball-tampering saga on Tuesday with the standard, “Obviously I am disappointed and as an Australian I’m embarrassed”, but went on to add: “Steve [Smith] is a lovely young bloke, who has made a terrible mistake.”The England head coach recognises Smith has to be punished but he, at least, has a deeper knowledge
  
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• Derbyshire batsman Charlie Macdonell leaves county by mutual consent

  27-03-2018 17:51 via bbc.co.uk
  Derbyshire batsman Charlie Macdonell leaves the club by mutual consent to pursue other career opportunities.
  
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• Steve Smith is enveloped in a perfect storm of cricket’s distant ideal | Andy Bull

  27-03-2018 17:15
  Australia ball-tampering scandal is a brew of dishonesty, hypocrisy, public fervour and tarnished pride that has inadvertently proved the Spirit of Cricket is still aliveThey say one of the early signs of a tsunami is the distant roar of the coming water. And maybe Steve Smith began to understand what was about to hit him when he heard the murmurs of disbelief during his confessional press conference on Saturday as he tried to sweep away his cheating with some po-faced platitudes about pride and
  
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• ICC will not look at Ashes ball-tampering claims

  27-03-2018 16:24 via bbc.co.uk
  World cricket's governing body will not look into claims Australia players tampered with the ball during their 4-0 Ashes win.
  
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• Zimbabwe official banned for 20 years for match-fixing attempt

  27-03-2018 15:18 via bbc.co.uk
  A former Zimbabwe Cricket official is banned from all cricket for 20 years after accepting a charge of attempted match-fixing.
  
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• Australia's Matt Renshaw: 'Every team tries to do what they can to win' – video

  27-03-2018 14:49
  The batsman Matthew Renshaw has been called up to the depleted Australian cricket squad for their tour of South Africa, following the ball-tampering scandal that has engulfed the team. He is available for selection in the fourth and final Test that starts on Friday but was clear that he has kept his mind away from the controversy in South Africa. Cricket Australia is expected to make an announcement about its investigation into the ball-tampering incident later on Tuesday. Continue rea
  
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• Ball-tampering row: How does it work and what effect does it have?

  27-03-2018 13:15 via bbc.co.uk
  Cricket analyst Simon Hughes looks at the mechanics behind ball-tampering and what effect it can have.
  
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• James Bracey: Gloucestershire wicketkeeper signs until 2019

  27-03-2018 12:24 via bbc.co.uk
  Gloucestershire wicketkeeper James Bracey signs a new contract with the Division Two county until the end of the 2019 season.
  
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• Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull: Cricket Australia must take 'decisive' action on cheating

  27-03-2018 12:09 via bbc.co.uk
  Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says Cricket Australia have to act 'decisively and emphatically' over 'disgraceful cheating'.
  
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• Here's why Australia tampered with a cricket ball

  27-03-2018 12:04 via bbc.co.uk
  Former cricketer Charles Dagnall explains what ball-tampering is and why the Aussie cricket team did it.
  
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• England's Trevor Bayliss embarrassed by Australian ball-tampering

  27-03-2018 11:40
  England’s Australian coach a former mentor of Steve SmithBayliss has no reason to suspect ball-tampering at AshesEngland’s Australian coach Trevor Bayliss admits he is embarrassed by the ball-tampering shame which has engulfed his compatriots on their Test tour of South Africa.Bayliss, who oversaw England’s 4-0 defeat in his native country this winter, has echoed the insistence of captain Joe Root and senior seamer Stuart Broad that the Ashes tourists had no reason to suspect a
  
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• Cricket Australia set to wield axe over ball-tampering scandal – live!

  27-03-2018 10:36
  Smith set to lose captaincy and could face year-long ban
  Matthew Engel: on the field the captain is responsibleAnd you can email Tom here or tweet him here 8.44am BST Morning/evening everyone. It’s likely d-day for Steve Smith, Darren Lehmann and others, as Cricket Australia’s chief executive, James Sutherland, joins the team in South Africa to investigate the ball-tampering scandal. Reports suggest Smith could be facing a year’s ban. Sutherland will hear the outcome of an inve
  
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• Matthew Renshaw to join Australian Test squad after Sheffield Shield victory

  27-03-2018 09:19
  Queenslander to fly to South Africa and join embattled teamRenshaw unbeaten on 81 as Bulls beat Tasmania in final Matthew Renshaw has been added to Australia’s Test squad and will fly to South Africa after the opener guided Queensland to victory in the Sheffield Shield final. The left-hander, who was unbeaten on 81 from 83 balls as the Bulls won an eighth Shield title, will join the squad in the wake of the ball-tampering crisis. Related: Ball tampering scandal could be Australian fans' ti
  
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• Australia ball-tampering: Michael Vaughan 'pretty sure' it took place during winter Ashes

  27-03-2018 08:52 via bbc.co.uk
  Ex-England captain Michael Vaughan is "pretty sure" Australia were ball-tampering during their winter Ashes series victory.
  
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• Australian cricket ball tampering: officials arrive for talks in South Africa – as it happened

  27-03-2018 07:23
  Updates as Australia wakes up to reports the coach will quitOn a cricket field the captain is responsible | Matthew Engel‘Say it ain’t so, Steve’ – at least cricket still matters 6.23am BST As Sutherland heads into crunch meetings, that’s going to be it from us for now, but stay with the Guardian for updates on any developments. Thanks for following along! 6.22am BST We have just received confirmation from a Cricket Australia spokesman – CEO James Sutherland j
  
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• Ball tampering scandal could be Australian fans' tipping point | Paul Connolly

  27-03-2018 03:10
  We’re a forgiving lot but this could be the final straw for those already tired of this team’s behaviourAmid the wildfire generated by Australia’s admission of ball-tampering in South Africa there’s speculation as to whether Cricket Australia might impose long suspensions on Steve Smith and David Warner and what impact that might have on future home ticket sales. Is it also worth wondering, however, what impact not suspending them might have on box office receipts? That i
  
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• Australian cricket ball tampering: coach Darren Lehmann reportedly set to resign – live!

  27-03-2018 02:16
  Updates as Australia wakes up to reports the coach will quitOn a cricket field the captain is responsible | Matthew Engel‘Say it ain’t so, Steve’ – at least cricket still mattersFeel free to get in touch on email or tweet @naamanzhou 1.16am BST On Fox Sports Australia, we’re hearing that as of last night, Lehmann was determined to stay on. Commentators are in the dark, but according to NewsCorp journalist Richard Earle “something major” must have changed
  
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• Steve Smith: England captain Joe Root SLAMS Australia star after ball-tampering scandal

  27-03-2018 01:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  JOE ROOT has accused disgraced Australia captain Steve Smith of letting his players down during the ball-tampering scandal that has rocked the cricketing world.
  
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• Cricket Australia faces heavy commercial blow over ball tampering scandal

  27-03-2018 01:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  CRICKET AUSTRALIA was steeling itself for damaging fallout from the ball-tampering scandal after several commercial partners expressed disquiet at being aligned with cheats.
  
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• Ball tampering SCANDAL: Is this proof Cameron Bancroft was CHEATING in the Ashes?

  27-03-2018 01:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  A SHOCK second video has emerged in the ball-tampering scandal engulfing Australian cricket which heaps doubt on their Ashes win.
  
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• Never mind coaches or supremos – on a cricket field the captain is responsible | Matthew Engel

  27-03-2018 00:04
  In Australia, sporting leadership still matters but no one above told Steve Smith he should have resigned over the ball-tampering affairThe greatest on-field scandal in the historyof cricket was the Bodyline crisis of 1932-33, when the England captain, Douglas Jardine, instructed his fast bowlers to go for something not far removed from attempted murder to halt the seemingly unstoppable march of Donald Bradman.It took place 12,000 miles away from home. There was no TV; no direct radio commentary
  
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