No sure thing: The two questions at heart of Smith’s captaincy campaign – Sydney Morning Herald

Nor do I quite buy the white knight-black knight narrative that says the Australian cricket team was full of morally destitute cheats under Smith before their redemption under Paines captaincy and Justin Langers coaching. Pushing the boundaries of sportsmanship ebbed and flowed for decades before Smith became captain. He inherited a way of doing things. The Cape Town incident was the first time they were caught in the act, but far from the first time the Australian teams ethics blackened their name….

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