Sport
Three years later, Cape Town defies explanation – Sydney Morning Herald
Cameron Bancroft tramples through the china shop of Australia’s sensitivities about sandpapergate and the events in South Africa in 2018.
In 2018, the game was ho hum at worst about ball-tampering. Mostly, it levied piffling fines. Steve Smiths ICC suspension was one match the equivalent of a couple of good mouthings-off. Bancrofts was 75 per cent of his modest match fee. David Warners was nothing at all.
Bancroft during the 2019 Ashes series in England.Credit:AP
In 2018, reverse swing had become near to normalised in cricket, and the game was richer for it. Since, it has been little seen. For three years post Cape Town, it has been…
-
Noosa News18 hours agoWoman was watching keepers work when lion attacked, Darling Downs Zoo says
-
Noosa News17 hours agoWorking for someone else made it hard to care for my daughter. So I quit
-
General21 hours agoDeveloper warns wind energy capacity may not be ready by WA coal deadline
-
Noosa News20 hours agoStar Entertainment faces $36.5m blow if Queen’s Wharf deal flops