Cricket by Peter Lalor and Robert Craddock 19th May 2021 7:00 AM
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Subscriber only The four bowlers in the middle of the reignited sandpaper conspiracy have defended themselves against suggestions by Cameron Bancroft, who was suspended for ball tampering at the time, that they were aware of the subterfuge. Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Nathan Lyon and Josh Hazlewood released a joint statement at 5pm on Tuesday addressed to the Australian public. We pride ourselves on our honesty, it reads. So it s been disappointing to see that our integrity has been questioned by some journalists and past players in recent days in regard to the Cape Town Test of 2018.
Cricket by Peter Lalor and Robert Craddock 19th May 2021 7:00 AM
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Subscriber only The four bowlers in the middle of the reignited sandpaper conspiracy have defended themselves against suggestions by Cameron Bancroft, who was suspended for ball tampering at the time, that they were aware of the subterfuge. Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Nathan Lyon and Josh Hazlewood released a joint statement at 5pm on Tuesday addressed to the Australian public. We pride ourselves on our honesty, it reads. So it s been disappointing to see that our integrity has been questioned by some journalists and past players in recent days in regard to the Cape Town Test of 2018.
Melbourne, May 16: Virat Kohli seems to have left an indelible mark on Australian Test captain Tim Paine, who says he will "always remember" the Indian
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Paine said he will always remember Kohli for his competitiveness
Pain said Kohli sometimes can get under your skin
Virat Kohli seems to have left an indelible mark on Australian Test captain Tim Paine, who says he will always remember the Indian skipper for being the world s best batsman, capable of also getting under the opposition s skin with his competitiveness. Kohli and Paine have had a fiery rivalry which goes back to India s 2018-19 tour of Australia. Their on-field spats were an interesting sub-plot during the historic showdown in which India became the first Asian country to win a Test series Down Under.
Bancroft is a thoughtful man and he takes care to explain the lessons he absorbed during that painful humiliation. He feels âalmost grateful for the mistakeâ he made because it turned him into a better and more reflective person.
Before we reach this defining moment, however, Bancroft provides a searing insight into the unforgiving pressures that shadow elite sport when I ask him to take us back to the second day of his Test debut against England at the Gabba in Brisbane in November 2017. After England had been bowled out for 302 in their first innings, Bancroft walked out with David Warner to face Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad. âI remember feeling so nervous that I couldnât control my body,â Bancroft reveals. âI had a lot of stress because I wanted to do really well and it was a dream of mine to play Test cricket for Australia.â