Tour threat revealed: How sandpaper Test might never have been played – Sydney Morning Herald

The Australian team had been guilty of misbehaviour from the outset of the tour. Their pre-series request for the stump microphones to be turned down was a sign of what was to come. It can also be reported for the first time that after the ugly scenes of Kingsmead, Smith received a phone call from then chief executive James Sutherland demanding he get his house in order.
History tells us that did not happen and, as has been shown this week, the reverberations of what took place two matches later…

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