Australian cricket crisis: players await fate in ball-tampering scandal – live

Jason Gillespie: Steve Smith must go after scandalRoot does not suspect Australia of ball-tampering during AshesAustralian outrage born of team’s moralising hypocrisy 3.06pm BST John Wylie, the Australian Sports Commission chairman, has reiterated his calls for a “strong and decisive” reaction from Cricket Australia following Steve Smith’s one-match ban from the ICC and has urged them to send the captain back to Australia to face his board. He added that, had a similar situation occurred at the Olympics, the person involved would have immediately been sent him.He said: “There have been penalties handed down by the International Cricket Council but we think Australia expects a stronger and more decisive response from Cricket Australia – a broader response because this really is all about the leadership and the example the Australian cricket team sets for Australian sport. 2.51pm BST Cameron Bancroft might have got away with his effort to alter the state of the ball had he not shoved the evidence down his pants, according to the man in charge of production at the broadcaster who caught him. The Australia cricketer was caught on camera placing what appeared to be yellow sticky tape, which he is thought to have used to collect rough granules from pitch in order to scuff the ball, into his underpants. It was only when he did that, the broadcaster thought something was up. Continue reading…
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