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• Joe Root desperate to avoid full-blown winter of discontent for England | Vic Marks

  28-03-2018 22:59
  Tourists need to make partial amends for Auckland debacle, and 4-0 Ashes rout, by defeating New Zealand in the second and final Test at the Hagley OvalEngland embark on their first Test at the picturesque Hagley Oval on Thursday and the last on their interminable winter tour. It is a long time since they pitched up optimistically for the first Test of the winter in Brisbane in November and a fair bit has changed since then on the international scene.In fact, since the last match in Auckland a lo
  
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• Talk proves cheap as instigator David Warner gets consumed by rage| Geoff Lemon

  28-03-2018 22:00
  Only weeks after saying in an interview how he was maturing as a leader and person, Australia’s former vice-captain descended into new darknessA few weeks ago this paper ran an interview with David Warner. I wrote it. He agreed to it cheerfully despite having just arrived in South Africa from New Zealand via a brain-bending series of flights. He was keen and spoke in extended and considered fashion: about family, playing a character villain, the realities of an underprivileged upbring
  
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• Steve Smith should say sorry to my mum for ball tampering scandal | Ben Smee

  28-03-2018 21:12
  Australian captain was her ‘third son’ – the Best Since Bradman. ‘My Smithy,’ she called himEvery Christmas at my mum’s place, her two sons fight over who gets the second bedroom.And every year she makes the same joke: we’ll both be out on our ear when her third son, Steve Smith, is finally able to visit for the festive season. Related: Steve Smith is enveloped in a perfect storm of cricket’s distant ideal | Andy BullRelated: Cricket Australia play
  
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• Darren Lehmann vows to restore Australia’s shattered trust in his team

  28-03-2018 20:50
  • Coach says new era of better behaviour starts now
  • ‘Most difficult part’ was saying goodbye to disgraced captain SmithDarren Lehmann used his first public remarks since the disaster that wiped out the leadership of the humiliated Australian side he coaches to deliver a simple message: they must immediately and drastically change the way they play the game.Speaking at the end of another dramatic day, Lehmann confirmed he had no prior knowledge of the crime, nor the botche
  
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• Australian ball-tampering: Darren Lehmann 'truly sorry'

  28-03-2018 20:36 via bbc.co.uk
  Australia coach Darren Lehmann speaks to the media for the first time since the ball-tampering incident and says he is "truly sorry" for "letting people down".
  
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• Swift and severe punishment for Smith and co but questions remain | Andy Bull

  28-03-2018 20:26
  Cricket Australia has come down hard on Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft but ‘tampergate’ will not end hereThe harder you step in mess, the more it spreads. Last Saturday Cricket Australia found a flaming bag of the stuff on its doorstep and, just like the headteacher in the high school movie, decided the best way to put it out was to stamp right down on it. CA has banned Steve Smith and David Warner from all state and international cricket for a year, Cameron Bancroft
  
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• Steve Smith and David Warner banned for a year for ball-tampering

  28-03-2018 19:31
  • Cameron Bancroft banned for nine months and all three sent home
  • Cricket Australia: ‘Cheating probably an appropriate word’David Warner was revealed as the architect of Australia’s ball-tampering plot and left staring at the end of his international career following publication of the charge sheet against the three players involved.Both Warner and Steve Smith have been hit with year-long suspensions, along with nine months for Cameron Bancroft, as Cricket Australia
  
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• Steve Smith told David Warner NOT to tamper ball: Australia dressing room secrets REVEALED

  28-03-2018 16:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  STEVE SMITH told David Warner and Cameron Bancroft he did not want them tampering with the ball moments before the incident happened.
  
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• Tampergate, David Warner’s WhatsApp exile and cricket’s very modern crisis | Marina Hyde

  28-03-2018 15:50
  The fallout from the ball-tampering scandal keeps on coming and the executions have been swift – is there even the slightest chance Australia has taken this just a little bit too far?Is #MeToo the new –gate? As you know, the final syllable of Watergate has long conferred instant gravitas on any scandal, from major political skulduggery to the suspected theft of a yoghurt from your office fridge. The –gate suffix automatically invests whatever it is with all the epochal, slightl
  
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• Cricket Australia CEO: Cheating is an appropriate word to use – video

  28-03-2018 15:20
  Cricket Australia's chief executive, James Sutherland, insists once more that the coach, Darren Lehmann, was not involved in the ball-tampering scandal that has engulfed the men's squad on their tour of South Africa. His comments come after the captain, Steve Smith, and the vice-captain, David Warner, were banned for one year from playing for Australia, and Cameron Bancroft was suspended for nine monthsContinue reading...
  
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• Australia captain Steve Smith hounded out of South Africa after ball-tampering ban

  28-03-2018 14:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  THIS is the moment disgraced Australian cricketer Steve Smith was heckled after arriving at Johannesburg airport before flying back to Sydney.
  
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• John Holder: 'Cricket is about winning and players will cheat'

  28-03-2018 13:35 via bbc.co.uk
  Former Test umpire John Holder says cricket is 'not a gentlemen's game' and players 'will cheat'.
  
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• Reality check for England Women in eight-wicket T20 defeat by Australia

  28-03-2018 13:01
  • Two sides will meet again in Saturday’s Tri-Series final
  • Reality check following record-breaking run chase against IndiaEngland Women endured a reality check following their record-breaking run chase against India on Sunday, as Australia romped to an eight-wicket victory in Mumbai.Australia had little trouble chasing down England’s total of 96 – their joint second-lowest Twenty20 international score after a flurry of early wickets, at one stage losing four for 12
  
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• England Women given reality check after eight-wicket T20 loss to Australia

  28-03-2018 13:01
  • Two sides will meet again in Saturday’s Tri-Series final
  • Reality check following record-breaking run chase against IndiaEngland Women suffered a reality check following their record-breaking run chase against India as Australia romped to a crushing eight-wicket win in Mumbai.England captain Heather Knight told BBC Sport: “We’ll learn a lot more from today than the past two games. The wicket was slightly different to what we’ve had in the past two games and w
  
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• Smith and Warner banned one year by Cricket Australia for ball tampering

  28-03-2018 12:01
  • Steve Smith and David Warner suspended over cricket scandal
  • Cameron Bancroft banned nine months and all three sent homeSteve Smith and David Warner have been banned from representing their country for a year – with nine months for Cameron Bancroft – after Cricket Australia came down hard on the three players involved in ball-tampering.The sanctions were announced on Wednesday in a statement from the governing body, with Smith also stood down from his captaincy role for
  
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• Smith and Warner banned for a year by Cricket Australia for ball tampering

  28-03-2018 12:01
  • Cameron Bancroft banned nine months and all three sent home
  • Statement reveals that sandpaper not tape was used in Test matchSteve Smith and David Warner have been banned from representing their country for a year – with nine months for Cameron Bancroft – after Cricket Australia came down hard on the three players involved in ball-tampering.The sanctions were announced on Wednesday in a damning statement from the governing body, with Smith also stood down from his captai
  
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• David Warner steps down from IPL captaincy and loses LG deal

  28-03-2018 09:38
  Fallout from ball tampering scandal continuesOpener relinquishes Sunrisers Hyderabad role
  David Warner has stepped down as captain of Indian Premier League franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad as the fallout of the ball-tamping scandal continues. It comes after one of Warner’s personal sponsors, LG, confirmed it would not be continuing its deal with the opener.“In light of recent events, David Warner has stepped down as captain,” Sunrisers chief executive K Shanmugam said of Warner, w
  
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• Cricket gave us hope, a place. Don't we deserve better? (We do not) | First Dog on the Moon

  28-03-2018 09:03
  The only thing Australia had left to cling to was the ferocious gleam in Dave Warner’s eye as he drove a ferocious yorker into the boundary Continue reading...
  
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• Electronics giant LG drops David Warner as brand ambassador

  28-03-2018 07:25
  Deal not renewed following ball tampering scandalCricketer’s enthusiasm for LG had prompted parody adsLG has dumped Australian cricketer David Warner following the ball-tampering scandal in South Africa with the electronics company on Wednesday saying its current deal with the opening batsman was in its final weeks.“In light of recent events, we have decided not to renew our partnership,” a spokeswoman said. “LG Australia will always look to work with ambassadors that sha
  
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• The c-word: Cricket Australia's refusal to call it cheating risks further alienation | Kate O'Halloran

  28-03-2018 05:52
  James Sutherland’s press conference was a set up from the beginning as he is beholden to CA’s commitment to due processIt’s the word that has been splashed all over papers and analysis in the wake of the ball-tampering scandal. The definition in the Oxford dictionary couldn’t be clearer: to cheat is to “act dishonestly or unfairly in order to gain an advantage”. There can be no question that the Australian cricket team acted dishonestly and unfairly in an effo
  
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• Australian cricket lurches into uncertain future as hounds bark for Lehmann | Matt Cleary

  28-03-2018 03:00
  The promise of ‘significant sanctions’ for the ball-tampering trio has not dampened calls for the coach’s headIn May of 2003 following a typically “ugly” incident involving an Australian cricketer – in this case Glenn McGrath swearing in the face of West Indies vice-captain Ramnaresh Sarwan – Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland was moved to ring then-Australia captain Steve Waugh in Antigua and remind him of the Spirit of Cricket document
  
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• Cricket Australia CEO: 'Ball-tampering incident was limited to three players' – video

  28-03-2018 02:01
  James Sutherland, the Cricket Australia chief executive, says prior knowledge of Australia's attempts to scuff the ball against South Africa was limited to captain Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft Continue reading...
  
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• 'Essentially cheating': ball tampering has hit Australia's reputation, Julie Bishop says

  28-03-2018 00:17
  Reports in wake of scandal suggest David Warner has fallen out with rest of the Australian cricket teamAustralia’s foreign affairs minister, Julie Bishop, says the national cricket team’s ball-tampering scandal has damaged the country’s reputation, describing the actions of the three players at the centre of the controversy as “essentially cheating”.Politicians, commentators and former players have continued to weigh-in on the scandal after Cricket Australia chief e
  
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