The axe is hanging over the heads of Australian coach Darren Lehmann and skipper Steve Smith with cricket chiefs holding crisis talks in South Africa
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What was caught on camera burnt a mark onto Australian cricket – their inexperienced opener clearly attempting to tamper with the match ball
India’s Ajinkya Rahane will take over as skipper in the IPL season starting April 7.
The game is not only controlled by a set of rules but, according to the sport’s laws, it should also be played “within the spirit of cricket”
Former Proteas fast bowler Fanie de Villiershas suggested Australia’s ball-tampering may not have been the first time they had done so
The country was hurt on Saturday after revelations revealed that the captain and a rookie had been implicated in ball tampering
This Test will be remembered as the one that saw Australian captain Steve Smith admit to coming up with an intricate plan to tamper with the ball
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Judging by two days of Australian headlines, this is a country consumed by humiliation and mangled by the inability to point the finger at anyone else
Television footage from Saturday clearly showed Bancroft take an object out of his pocket during the post-lunch session and rub it on the ball
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‘I saw an opportunity to potentially use some tape to get some granules from the rough patches on the wicket and try to change the ball condition’
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A ball-tampering scandal was described as a dark day for the sport as critics slammed the players for being out of touch with a furious public
Smith has been slammed as a cheat, and he steps down from the captaincy on the fourth day of a test match.
Steve Smith and David Warner will stand down as captain and vice-captain for the rest of Australia’s third Test match against South Africa
Now that his hearing is over, fans can look forward to seeing Rabada bring back the heat
The Australia skipper finds it strange that he was not called to testify in the appeal process.
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Rabada was suspended following a controversial ‘shoulder bump’ with Australian captain Steve Smith during the second Test in Port Elizabeth.
Kagiso Rabada will have his appeal hearing today as he looks to overturn a suspension that will see him miss the final two Tests against Australia.
The cricketer has accumulated eight demerit points within a 24-month period automatically leading to a two match suspension.
A refreshed Australia captain Steve Smith is looking forward to the challenge of taking on South Africa’s fast bowlers in a four-Test series
Australia took total control of the match and were 549 for four in their first innings by stumps, with Smith on 229 and Marsh on 181.
"Although the ICC is to hold talks to clear the air between the two men, the new exchanges are likely to complicate their efforts to broker peace"
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/ 27 November 2008
Three-quarters of South Africa’s middle managers feel that the economy is having a negative effect on their work environment, a recent survey found.