Panesar has admitted to ball tampering with the release of his new book and also implicates other bowlers.
Is this just all about getting interest in his book?.
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MONTY PANESAR: I used sun screen, my zip and mints for 'ball tampering' when bowling because reverse swing had such a massive impact
Seam bowlers said: 'Don't get your sweaty hands on our shiny side of the ball'
Whether we broke the laws of the game depends on how you interpret them
Peter Moores was an incredibly tough taskmaster and worked us to the bone
Kevin Pietersen said he was like a woodpecker there hammering away at you
By MONTY PANESAR
We all tried to change the condition of the ball, because reverse swing has such a huge impact. When I came into the England side, my job was to prepare the ball for the seamers.
They'd say, 'Listen mate, if you want to bowl with us it's on one condition. Make sure you don't get your sweaty hands on our shiny side.'
Opening bowler Jimmy Anderson would say: 'I just want you to keep that ball as dry as possible.'
Whether we broke the laws depends on how you interpret them. We found that mints and sun cream had an effect on the saliva, and that helped the ball to reverse. I might also have 'accidentally' caught the ball on the zip of my trouser pocket to rough it up a little.
That was probably a hairline fracture of the spirit of the game, even if the laws said you were allowed to 'use your uniform'.
Friedrich Nietzsche said: 'What doesn't kill you makes you stronger,' but he'd never been touring with Peter Moores.
The England coach had a boundless enthusiasm for cricket, and that was one of the reasons for his downfall. Cricketers of a certain age don't like enthusiasm. It's too exhausting.
Peter was in your face almost the whole time. Kevin Pietersen said he was like a woodpecker, hammering away at his head.
In a portent of what was to come, KP went to Moores and said the meetings were doing his head in and we needed fewer of them. Moores listened, took it on board and apparently ignored it completely.
After a fitness session I realised why everyone had the thousand-yard stare. I was absolutely gone. I was 25 and physically in the prime of my life, but was in bits after Peter's training sessions. It was like we were in the SAS, running until we were on the brink of collapse.
We'd fly between venues, get off the plane and immediately do a session. Wherever we landed, it always seemed to be near a mountain Peter wanted us to run up. Push-ups, squat thrusts, shuttle runs and sprints.
You could see KP steaming with anger: 'What's the f***ing point?' Then the fat-shaming started. 'OK lads, strip down to your underpants. We're going to take some pictures of you.'
You can imagine how well that went down. We were cricketers, not Chippendales. Apparently they wanted to assess how our body shapes changed during the tour. This was culturally awkward. Ever seen a Sikh version of The Full Monty?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/c...used-sun-screen-zip-mints-ball-tampering.html
Is this just all about getting interest in his book?.
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MONTY PANESAR: I used sun screen, my zip and mints for 'ball tampering' when bowling because reverse swing had such a massive impact
Seam bowlers said: 'Don't get your sweaty hands on our shiny side of the ball'
Whether we broke the laws of the game depends on how you interpret them
Peter Moores was an incredibly tough taskmaster and worked us to the bone
Kevin Pietersen said he was like a woodpecker there hammering away at you
By MONTY PANESAR
We all tried to change the condition of the ball, because reverse swing has such a huge impact. When I came into the England side, my job was to prepare the ball for the seamers.
They'd say, 'Listen mate, if you want to bowl with us it's on one condition. Make sure you don't get your sweaty hands on our shiny side.'
Opening bowler Jimmy Anderson would say: 'I just want you to keep that ball as dry as possible.'
Whether we broke the laws depends on how you interpret them. We found that mints and sun cream had an effect on the saliva, and that helped the ball to reverse. I might also have 'accidentally' caught the ball on the zip of my trouser pocket to rough it up a little.
That was probably a hairline fracture of the spirit of the game, even if the laws said you were allowed to 'use your uniform'.
Friedrich Nietzsche said: 'What doesn't kill you makes you stronger,' but he'd never been touring with Peter Moores.
The England coach had a boundless enthusiasm for cricket, and that was one of the reasons for his downfall. Cricketers of a certain age don't like enthusiasm. It's too exhausting.
Peter was in your face almost the whole time. Kevin Pietersen said he was like a woodpecker, hammering away at his head.
In a portent of what was to come, KP went to Moores and said the meetings were doing his head in and we needed fewer of them. Moores listened, took it on board and apparently ignored it completely.
After a fitness session I realised why everyone had the thousand-yard stare. I was absolutely gone. I was 25 and physically in the prime of my life, but was in bits after Peter's training sessions. It was like we were in the SAS, running until we were on the brink of collapse.
We'd fly between venues, get off the plane and immediately do a session. Wherever we landed, it always seemed to be near a mountain Peter wanted us to run up. Push-ups, squat thrusts, shuttle runs and sprints.
You could see KP steaming with anger: 'What's the f***ing point?' Then the fat-shaming started. 'OK lads, strip down to your underpants. We're going to take some pictures of you.'
You can imagine how well that went down. We were cricketers, not Chippendales. Apparently they wanted to assess how our body shapes changed during the tour. This was culturally awkward. Ever seen a Sikh version of The Full Monty?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/c...used-sun-screen-zip-mints-ball-tampering.html
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