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Good news.. also good to hear that both Smith and Warner can play their respective club.. That'll keep them in good touch..
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The special dispensation is that the ban was never intended to count for club cricket as was actually announced at the time.
Most sever punishments ever by any team for ball tampering and its all down to white privilege.
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Australia’s Steve Smith has been named as one of the 10 marquee players for the proposed Global T20 Canada league.
If the tournament proceeds as scheduled in June, it will mark Smith’s first bit of cricket action since Cricket Australia imposed a 12-month ban on him for his role in the ball-tampering scandal on their tour of South Africa in March.
While the former Australia captain can’t play international or first-class cricket in his country, the ban doesn’t extend to club cricket or global leagues – although his Indian Premier League franchise Rajasthan Royals chose to drop him for the 2018 edition.
David Warner and Steve Smith were not allowed to participate in this year’s IPL David Warner and Steve Smith were not allowed to participate in this year’s IPL
Smith and Chris Lynn are the Australians on the GT20 list, which also features Shahid Afridi (Pakistan), Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka), Dwayne Bravo, Chris Gayle, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell and Darren Sammy (Windies) and David Miller (South Africa).
The tournament is set to run from June 28 to July 15. It has six teams – five from Canada and one Cricket West Indies representative team – playing 22 matches. The players’ draft will take place on May 30, a statement from the organisers said.
With Cricket Australia encouraging the three players penalised for the Cape Town incident to stay in touch with the game, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft too are in line for comebacks, although no dates have been set. While Bancroft was cleared to play in Western Australia's Premier Cricket league, Warner is expected to turn out for his Sydney club side Randwick Petersham.
https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/693569
If the tournament proceeds as scheduled in June, it will mark Smith’s first bit of cricket action since Cricket Australia imposed a 12-month ban on him for his role in the ball-tampering scandal on their tour of South Africa in March.
While the former Australia captain can’t play international or first-class cricket in his country, the ban doesn’t extend to club cricket or global leagues – although his Indian Premier League franchise Rajasthan Royals chose to drop him for the 2018 edition.
David Warner and Steve Smith were not allowed to participate in this year’s IPL David Warner and Steve Smith were not allowed to participate in this year’s IPL
Smith and Chris Lynn are the Australians on the GT20 list, which also features Shahid Afridi (Pakistan), Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka), Dwayne Bravo, Chris Gayle, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell and Darren Sammy (Windies) and David Miller (South Africa).
The tournament is set to run from June 28 to July 15. It has six teams – five from Canada and one Cricket West Indies representative team – playing 22 matches. The players’ draft will take place on May 30, a statement from the organisers said.
With Cricket Australia encouraging the three players penalised for the Cape Town incident to stay in touch with the game, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft too are in line for comebacks, although no dates have been set. While Bancroft was cleared to play in Western Australia's Premier Cricket league, Warner is expected to turn out for his Sydney club side Randwick Petersham.
https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/693569
David Warner and Cameron Bancroft to return to competitive cricket through Darwin Strike League
The pair will take part in the month-long Darwin Strike League, which features both 50-over and T20 format games, and is designed to give emerging local players experience against interstate and international talent.
Bancroft will be available for the entire competition, while Warner will play in two One Day matches on July 21 and 22.
Negotiations began with the players after former Australian vice-captain Warner, who is not allowed to play for Australia or his domestic side of New South Wales for 12 months, visited the Top End in early May to run cricket clinics in Darwin and Arnhem Land.
"I'm really looking forward to playing in the Strike League in July. I heard so much about the competition while I was in Darwin earlier this month that I'm keen to be part of it," Warner said in a statement on Tuesday.
"We're delighted that Cameron and David will be joining us in Darwin for the Strike League, their presence and experience will be invaluable for our local players," NT Cricket CEO Joel Morrison said.
New South Wales grade rules allow Warner and former captain Steve Smith, also serving a 12-month ban, to play in the meantime.
It is believed Warner is also considering playing in the Global T20 Canada league, beginning June 28 and finishing July 16.
Bancroft, who is serving a nine-month-long suspension also expressed early on that he was eager to make his return to cricket in the Top End.
It is not yet clear how many matches the West Australian will play in the competition.
Smith will make his return to competitive cricket in Canada.
The trio were central to the ball-tampering scandal in South Africa, where Smith and Warner concocted a plan for Bancroft to "scuff up" the match ball with a piece of yellow sticky tape.
The fallout was arguably the most dramatic in Australian cricket history.
However, their bans have offered a unique opportunity for cricket administrators in the NT to bolster the Strike League, which is the one of the few semi-professional cricket competitions played during Australian winter, in the Top End's sunny dry season.
Warner made his mark in the T20 format and has scored six centuries across all competitions with an average of 35.
Bancroft has also been a consistent performer in the T20 format and averages 33.
Bancroft faced the prospect of moving interstate to play club cricket if the exemption was not granted, with the New South Wales Cricket Association saying it would welcome him.
UK County club Surrey also reportedly expressed interest in the suspended batsman's services.
Bancroft's previous county contract with Somerset was ripped up in the wake of the scandal, despite the ban not preventing him, or Smith and Warner, from playing overseas.
Warner and Smith both had their multi-million-dollar Indian Premier League contracts cancelled.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-...oft-return-competitive-cricket-darwin/9810516
The pair will take part in the month-long Darwin Strike League, which features both 50-over and T20 format games, and is designed to give emerging local players experience against interstate and international talent.
Bancroft will be available for the entire competition, while Warner will play in two One Day matches on July 21 and 22.
Negotiations began with the players after former Australian vice-captain Warner, who is not allowed to play for Australia or his domestic side of New South Wales for 12 months, visited the Top End in early May to run cricket clinics in Darwin and Arnhem Land.
"I'm really looking forward to playing in the Strike League in July. I heard so much about the competition while I was in Darwin earlier this month that I'm keen to be part of it," Warner said in a statement on Tuesday.
"We're delighted that Cameron and David will be joining us in Darwin for the Strike League, their presence and experience will be invaluable for our local players," NT Cricket CEO Joel Morrison said.
New South Wales grade rules allow Warner and former captain Steve Smith, also serving a 12-month ban, to play in the meantime.
It is believed Warner is also considering playing in the Global T20 Canada league, beginning June 28 and finishing July 16.
Bancroft, who is serving a nine-month-long suspension also expressed early on that he was eager to make his return to cricket in the Top End.
It is not yet clear how many matches the West Australian will play in the competition.
Smith will make his return to competitive cricket in Canada.
The trio were central to the ball-tampering scandal in South Africa, where Smith and Warner concocted a plan for Bancroft to "scuff up" the match ball with a piece of yellow sticky tape.
The fallout was arguably the most dramatic in Australian cricket history.
However, their bans have offered a unique opportunity for cricket administrators in the NT to bolster the Strike League, which is the one of the few semi-professional cricket competitions played during Australian winter, in the Top End's sunny dry season.
Warner made his mark in the T20 format and has scored six centuries across all competitions with an average of 35.
Bancroft has also been a consistent performer in the T20 format and averages 33.
Bancroft faced the prospect of moving interstate to play club cricket if the exemption was not granted, with the New South Wales Cricket Association saying it would welcome him.
UK County club Surrey also reportedly expressed interest in the suspended batsman's services.
Bancroft's previous county contract with Somerset was ripped up in the wake of the scandal, despite the ban not preventing him, or Smith and Warner, from playing overseas.
Warner and Smith both had their multi-million-dollar Indian Premier League contracts cancelled.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-...oft-return-competitive-cricket-darwin/9810516
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New NSW Blues coach Phil Jaques says he will welcome banned batsmen Steve Smith and David Warner into Moore Park and will help them prepare for their professional cricket comeback.
Jaques was today announced as Blues coach for the next three years and was asked about how he will look to integrate Smith and Warner, who are serving out a 12-month ban for their involvement in the Cape Town ball-tampering incident.
"They’ve both been fantastic players for NSW over the last 10 years," Jaques said at the SCG today.
"They’ve been involved in the organisation, they’re great professionals, they’ve made a mistake and paid the price for that.
"But we’ll be looking with Cricket Australia about how we can integrate them back into first-class cricket when the time is right and obviously get them back to playing for Australia hopefully down in the future."
He added: "We’ll be trying to prepare them for whatever cricket they’ve got coming up.
"I know they’re going to be playing some club cricket which will be fantastic for the system as a whole in the state and it would be just great to see them with cricket bats in their hand playing the game that they love."
While their bans are in their infancy, Smith, Warner and Cameron Bancroft – who was suspended for nine months – will back in action sooner rather than later.
Smith will feature in next month’s Global T20 Canada League in Toronto, with Warner expected to enter the player draft for the tournament that will be held this week.
Following the competition in Canada, Warner and Bancroft will play in Darwin’s limited-overs Strike League in July.
Bancroft has committed to the month-long tournament while Warner will play two one-day matches on July 21 and 22.
Once those commitments are done, Smith and Warner could potentially join NSW in their pre-season training, which starts next Monday.
The experience of the Australia’s premier batsmen could prove invaluable to a Blues squad brimming with youth.
NSW upgraded five rookies to full contracts for the upcoming summer with 10 players in the 24-man squad under the age of 25.
The reboot at Moore Park will be helmed by Jaques, who found himself in a similar position when he took over the reins at Queensland three years ago.
In two season with the Bulls, Jaques nurtured a promising cop of batsmen into first-class regulars who went on to win the JLT.
Now Jaques has the same opportunity with the Blues, and while the Cricket NSW hierarchy accepts a young squad will be inconsistent, the former Test opener just want to see his charges develop into better players.
"‘Improvement’ is the big word," Jaques said. "Continuous improvement.
"I think as long as the players are coming to work to work 100 per cent, 100 per cent effort every time they come to work, there is attention to detail about what they’re trying to do and a level of professionalism that’s expected of a NSW player.
"As long as they’re trying to improve and get better I think we’ll get to where we need to get to.
"Obviously, performances will need to warrant (selection). We don’t just give away caps either.
"But there is a strong push to push these guys through and make sure they’re on the right path to developing as good NSW players and hopefully future Australian players.
"We’ll be trying to give them opportunities at the level they’re deserving of and hopefully the performances will warrant them pushing through sooner rather than later."
https://www.cricket.com.au/news/smi...all-tampering-cape-town-canada-t20/2018-05-29
Jaques was today announced as Blues coach for the next three years and was asked about how he will look to integrate Smith and Warner, who are serving out a 12-month ban for their involvement in the Cape Town ball-tampering incident.
"They’ve both been fantastic players for NSW over the last 10 years," Jaques said at the SCG today.
"They’ve been involved in the organisation, they’re great professionals, they’ve made a mistake and paid the price for that.
"But we’ll be looking with Cricket Australia about how we can integrate them back into first-class cricket when the time is right and obviously get them back to playing for Australia hopefully down in the future."
He added: "We’ll be trying to prepare them for whatever cricket they’ve got coming up.
"I know they’re going to be playing some club cricket which will be fantastic for the system as a whole in the state and it would be just great to see them with cricket bats in their hand playing the game that they love."
While their bans are in their infancy, Smith, Warner and Cameron Bancroft – who was suspended for nine months – will back in action sooner rather than later.
Smith will feature in next month’s Global T20 Canada League in Toronto, with Warner expected to enter the player draft for the tournament that will be held this week.
Following the competition in Canada, Warner and Bancroft will play in Darwin’s limited-overs Strike League in July.
Bancroft has committed to the month-long tournament while Warner will play two one-day matches on July 21 and 22.
Once those commitments are done, Smith and Warner could potentially join NSW in their pre-season training, which starts next Monday.
The experience of the Australia’s premier batsmen could prove invaluable to a Blues squad brimming with youth.
NSW upgraded five rookies to full contracts for the upcoming summer with 10 players in the 24-man squad under the age of 25.
The reboot at Moore Park will be helmed by Jaques, who found himself in a similar position when he took over the reins at Queensland three years ago.
In two season with the Bulls, Jaques nurtured a promising cop of batsmen into first-class regulars who went on to win the JLT.
Now Jaques has the same opportunity with the Blues, and while the Cricket NSW hierarchy accepts a young squad will be inconsistent, the former Test opener just want to see his charges develop into better players.
"‘Improvement’ is the big word," Jaques said. "Continuous improvement.
"I think as long as the players are coming to work to work 100 per cent, 100 per cent effort every time they come to work, there is attention to detail about what they’re trying to do and a level of professionalism that’s expected of a NSW player.
"As long as they’re trying to improve and get better I think we’ll get to where we need to get to.
"Obviously, performances will need to warrant (selection). We don’t just give away caps either.
"But there is a strong push to push these guys through and make sure they’re on the right path to developing as good NSW players and hopefully future Australian players.
"We’ll be trying to give them opportunities at the level they’re deserving of and hopefully the performances will warrant them pushing through sooner rather than later."
https://www.cricket.com.au/news/smi...all-tampering-cape-town-canada-t20/2018-05-29
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DAVE Warner is keeping himself busy as he serves his ban from representing Australia after landing a commentary gig for the forthcoming ODI series against England.
The banned Test opener – who last week confirmed he will return to the field in Canada later this month – is set to join Channel Nine in London as Australia clashes with England in Cardiff.
That fixture is the second of a five ODI and one T20 tour which gets underway at the Oval this week.
“Dave is the best one-day and T20 batsman of the past decade so he’s perfectly placed to join our coverage for the UK series,” Nine’s director of sport Tom Malone said.
“People have tried to paint Dave as the villain in all this, but he’s been hurting as much as the others.
“We’ve had a professional relationship with Dave for five years now we’ve always found him to be a pretty normal and humble bloke. He just wants to atone for his mistakes and move on - I hope Australia gives all of them that chance.”
Warner was slapped with a 12-month ban for his involvement in the ball tampering scandal that rocked Australian cricket earlier this year.
He and Steve Smith – who was also banned – will both contest the Global T20 Canada league which starts on June 28.
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/...d/news-story/8b2dd859c153950355aa04c4460b4fbe
The banned Test opener – who last week confirmed he will return to the field in Canada later this month – is set to join Channel Nine in London as Australia clashes with England in Cardiff.
That fixture is the second of a five ODI and one T20 tour which gets underway at the Oval this week.
“Dave is the best one-day and T20 batsman of the past decade so he’s perfectly placed to join our coverage for the UK series,” Nine’s director of sport Tom Malone said.
“People have tried to paint Dave as the villain in all this, but he’s been hurting as much as the others.
“We’ve had a professional relationship with Dave for five years now we’ve always found him to be a pretty normal and humble bloke. He just wants to atone for his mistakes and move on - I hope Australia gives all of them that chance.”
Warner was slapped with a 12-month ban for his involvement in the ball tampering scandal that rocked Australian cricket earlier this year.
He and Steve Smith – who was also banned – will both contest the Global T20 Canada league which starts on June 28.
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/...d/news-story/8b2dd859c153950355aa04c4460b4fbe
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I’ve always found it strange how some broadcasters(especially Australian ones) hire current players to commentate.It’s a bit awkward if they have to comment on teammates and team tactics etc.
Short stints are fine,but to be on air for a match is too much,IMO.
Short stints are fine,but to be on air for a match is too much,IMO.
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Interesting.
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South Africa set to approach tamper duo Steve Smith and David Warner to play in new domestic T20 comp
SOUTH AFRICA is set to controversially approach Steve Smith and David Warner to return to the land of their crimes.
The duo are about to be prime targets for a new domestic T20 competition to be run in South Africa in November and December.
They are expected to be understandably reluctant to return to South Africa after the trauma of the ball tampering affair in Cape Town, which saw both players banned from playing for Australia for a year.
But the provocative approaches are still certain to come their way.
Television broadcaster Supersport has partnered with CSA in the new league and believes Australia’s fractious relationship with South Africa’s fans can be put to good use.
“It’s a love-hate relationship and that always makes for compulsory viewing,” one official said.
It will not help South Africa’s chances of signing the duo that Supersport were responsible for exposing Australia’s ball-tampering antics after being tipped off about them early in the series and assigning a camera to monitor the treatment of the ball.
The competition, confirmed earlier this month to replace a Global T20 which failed to get off the ground last summer, will feature six teams who, it is understood, will be allowed to recruit six overseas players.
South African batting superstar AB de Villiers, who is likely to be the most keenly chased signing of the new league, is unlikely to play in the Big Bash next season.
At least four Big Bash teams, including the Brisbane Heat, made overtures to de Villiers when he recently announced his retirement from international cricket, but his manager has told them he is planning to stay in South Africa next summer.
Meanwhile, Townsville will be the host venue for the opening matches of next summer’s domestic schedule, with the Queensland Bulls to play two 50-over matches at Riverway Stadium against Victoria (September 16) and Tasmania (September 22).
There is nothing in the schedule for the JLT One Day Cup which suggests Australia is addressing its alarming slide in the international one-day game.
The competition has been reduced in size and will end with a bizarre finals series to feature all six teams.
Australia’s Test cricketers will appreciate that the schedule will give them up to five games of Sheffield Shield cricket to prepare for the summer’s showpiece Test series against India.
International cricket’s new four-year cycle, which was released yesterday, contains far fewer 50-over games for Australia in the next cycle, but more T20 matches.
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/...k=9851639cb6b66d9dcaf5c1f221791efe-1529569616
SOUTH AFRICA is set to controversially approach Steve Smith and David Warner to return to the land of their crimes.
The duo are about to be prime targets for a new domestic T20 competition to be run in South Africa in November and December.
They are expected to be understandably reluctant to return to South Africa after the trauma of the ball tampering affair in Cape Town, which saw both players banned from playing for Australia for a year.
But the provocative approaches are still certain to come their way.
Television broadcaster Supersport has partnered with CSA in the new league and believes Australia’s fractious relationship with South Africa’s fans can be put to good use.
“It’s a love-hate relationship and that always makes for compulsory viewing,” one official said.
It will not help South Africa’s chances of signing the duo that Supersport were responsible for exposing Australia’s ball-tampering antics after being tipped off about them early in the series and assigning a camera to monitor the treatment of the ball.
The competition, confirmed earlier this month to replace a Global T20 which failed to get off the ground last summer, will feature six teams who, it is understood, will be allowed to recruit six overseas players.
South African batting superstar AB de Villiers, who is likely to be the most keenly chased signing of the new league, is unlikely to play in the Big Bash next season.
At least four Big Bash teams, including the Brisbane Heat, made overtures to de Villiers when he recently announced his retirement from international cricket, but his manager has told them he is planning to stay in South Africa next summer.
Meanwhile, Townsville will be the host venue for the opening matches of next summer’s domestic schedule, with the Queensland Bulls to play two 50-over matches at Riverway Stadium against Victoria (September 16) and Tasmania (September 22).
There is nothing in the schedule for the JLT One Day Cup which suggests Australia is addressing its alarming slide in the international one-day game.
The competition has been reduced in size and will end with a bizarre finals series to feature all six teams.
Australia’s Test cricketers will appreciate that the schedule will give them up to five games of Sheffield Shield cricket to prepare for the summer’s showpiece Test series against India.
International cricket’s new four-year cycle, which was released yesterday, contains far fewer 50-over games for Australia in the next cycle, but more T20 matches.
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/...k=9851639cb6b66d9dcaf5c1f221791efe-1529569616
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With Aussies current struggles i wonder if smith/warner will go straight back into Aussie line up for 50 over world cup after their bans elapse or Aussies will stick with current players?
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Former Australian cricketer Cameron Bancroft says he has ridden a wave of emotion in the three months since his suspension for ball tampering.
The West Australian received a nine-month ban for his role in the scandal during the tour of South Africa, in which he used sandpaper to scratch the ball during the fourth test in Johannesburg in March.
The incident also saw former captain Steve Smith and vice-captain David Warner suspended.
Bancroft will play professional cricket for the first time since the incident when he takes part in the Northern Territory Strike League over the next month.
"I'm feeling really good," he said.
"The last couple of months, it's been a bit of a rollercoaster. You certainly ride the waves of grieving."
"There's been times where I felt really sad, there's been times where I felt really angry.
"I can't change what happened in South Africa, and that's something that I am completely accountable for."
'I've had to forgive myself'
Despite facing intense media scrutiny and commentary about his actions, Bancroft said he held no grudges, and understood the response and outrage.
"It can be really challenging to deal with and really challenging to digest the different opinion that flies around," he said.
"For me, in that situation, it was about me, and it was about my mistake, and it was about the poor decision I made.
"What anyone else thought or said didn't change the fact that I made a really bad decision and I've really had to forgive myself for that error I made."
The batsman, who received a reprieve to play for club side Wanneroo while serving his ban, never considered giving the game away.
"Cricket was always my path or my focus to come back to," Bancroft said.
"As little a step as it was to get up in the morning and have breakfast at the same time each day, or have breakfast and go to the gym, as little a steps as they were, for me they were really positive moments to that end goal which was 'I'm going to return and I'm going to play cricket again'."
He said his parents had provided him with invaluable support over the past three months.
"I've had a lot of times where things crop up, especially when you're grieving, and you're going through some emotional responses," Bancroft said.
"They've been there for me. They've been ears and they've listened, they've given me perspective."
Bancroft said he had been in constant contact with Smith and Warner, and said the three of them had provided support for one another.
The 25-year-old said the enforced break had allowed him to explore different things, including taking up yoga and learning Spanish, while also completing community work in Broome and Perth.
He will also complete some of his mandated 100 hours of community service in Darwin, while playing eight matches over the next month.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-...peaks-about-ball-tampering-suspension/9927412
The West Australian received a nine-month ban for his role in the scandal during the tour of South Africa, in which he used sandpaper to scratch the ball during the fourth test in Johannesburg in March.
The incident also saw former captain Steve Smith and vice-captain David Warner suspended.
Bancroft will play professional cricket for the first time since the incident when he takes part in the Northern Territory Strike League over the next month.
"I'm feeling really good," he said.
"The last couple of months, it's been a bit of a rollercoaster. You certainly ride the waves of grieving."
"There's been times where I felt really sad, there's been times where I felt really angry.
"I can't change what happened in South Africa, and that's something that I am completely accountable for."
'I've had to forgive myself'
Despite facing intense media scrutiny and commentary about his actions, Bancroft said he held no grudges, and understood the response and outrage.
"It can be really challenging to deal with and really challenging to digest the different opinion that flies around," he said.
"For me, in that situation, it was about me, and it was about my mistake, and it was about the poor decision I made.
"What anyone else thought or said didn't change the fact that I made a really bad decision and I've really had to forgive myself for that error I made."
The batsman, who received a reprieve to play for club side Wanneroo while serving his ban, never considered giving the game away.
"Cricket was always my path or my focus to come back to," Bancroft said.
"As little a step as it was to get up in the morning and have breakfast at the same time each day, or have breakfast and go to the gym, as little a steps as they were, for me they were really positive moments to that end goal which was 'I'm going to return and I'm going to play cricket again'."
He said his parents had provided him with invaluable support over the past three months.
"I've had a lot of times where things crop up, especially when you're grieving, and you're going through some emotional responses," Bancroft said.
"They've been there for me. They've been ears and they've listened, they've given me perspective."
Bancroft said he had been in constant contact with Smith and Warner, and said the three of them had provided support for one another.
The 25-year-old said the enforced break had allowed him to explore different things, including taking up yoga and learning Spanish, while also completing community work in Broome and Perth.
He will also complete some of his mandated 100 hours of community service in Darwin, while playing eight matches over the next month.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-...peaks-about-ball-tampering-suspension/9927412
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Australia opener Cameron Bancroft, who was banned for nine months after admitting to ball-tampering during a Test match, will join Durham for 2019.
The 25-year-old admitted to using sandpaper on the ball in South Africa in March, and his 2018 deal with Somerset was subsequently cancelled.
Despite his ban, he was given special dispensation to play for Willeton in Western Australia in May.
He will be available for Durham in all formats of the county game next term.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/45219385
The 25-year-old admitted to using sandpaper on the ball in South Africa in March, and his 2018 deal with Somerset was subsequently cancelled.
Despite his ban, he was given special dispensation to play for Willeton in Western Australia in May.
He will be available for Durham in all formats of the county game next term.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/45219385
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A sizzling Shane Watson half-century has stolen the spotlight from suspended duo Steve Smith and David Warner in Saturday’s NSW Premier Cricket clash in Sydney.
Watson bossed 63 from just 41 balls and wowed the adoring crowd for the match between Randwick-Petersham and Sutherland, which Sutherland won by three wickets.
Check out the match scorecard here
While the main focus was on the first meeting between Smith and Warner on Australian soil since they were banned in March, the pair were overshadowed by Watson and Randwick-Petersham import Daniel Bell-Drummond, the Englishman who scored a sublime 106.
Sutherland’s Austin Waugh, the son of Test legend Steve who was part of a healthy crowd at Coogee Oval in Sydney’s east, also made an impact by dismissing Warner for just 13 in the first innings of the 50-over clash.
Batting second, Smith scored 48 having earlier claimed 1-35 from 10 overs and taken a catch in the deep.
Both Smith and Warner took time during the match to sign autographs and pose for photos with fans, and there was not a hint of animosity towards the banned pair from those in attendance.
Nor was there any ill-feeling between Smith and Warner themselves.
As the two teams entered the playing field after Sutherland won the toss and sent their opponents in, Watson exchanged a quick handshake and a few words with Warner before Smith offered a courteous “morning” to his former deputy as he passed.
Warner looked in good touch, as he has all summer, but misdirected a well-timed cut shot off the bowling of Waugh and was caught at backward point to end his stay.
He left the field to warm applause, but was clearly upset at falling cheaply.
A typically animated Smith bowled nicely, took a solid catch and was busy marshalling fielders in tandem with his skipper Chris Williams.
If there was any question over how seriously Smith was taking his cricket in the wake of the Cape Town scandal, it was answered when he threw his hands in the air in frustration after a ball off his bowling landed between an eager fielder, who had crept in from the deep, and the boundary rope, resulting in four runs.
That competitiveness flowed into his batting as he milked singles and banished the bad ball after Watson’s early onslaught.
But just as the right-hander looked certain to record his half-century, he was caught behind for 48 off the spin of Riley Ayre, leaving the field to a rousing ovation.
Watson, meanwhile, was a class above.
Opening the batting, the 37-year-old hammered five sixes and as many fours, with each maximum drawing gasps of amazement from the strong crowd.
One Watson six off the bowling of Sydney Thunder teammate Daniel Sams soared straight out of the ground and over the adjacent Dolphin St.
Sams also put down a chance from Watson in the deep - and in the process parried the ball for six - but the allrounder had his revenge when he held on to a good catch on the mid-wicket rope to remove his BBL skipper.
An estimated crowd of around 2000 fans were in attendance, which left some sitting on the turf between the fence and boundary rope, which thrilled Randwick Petersham president Mike Whitney.
"I think I would have to go back to the 1970s or early '80s when I was playing first grade, we would have had something like it," the former Test quick said.
"But now, it's usually a sprinkling in the stand, and then 15 or 20 here with wives and parents.
"This is unbelievable.
"It just shows if you can get these guys back playing club cricket, how much interest it evokes in club cricket."
https://www.cricket.com.au/news/ste...atson-premier-grade-cricket-sydney/2018-11-10
Watson bossed 63 from just 41 balls and wowed the adoring crowd for the match between Randwick-Petersham and Sutherland, which Sutherland won by three wickets.
Check out the match scorecard here
While the main focus was on the first meeting between Smith and Warner on Australian soil since they were banned in March, the pair were overshadowed by Watson and Randwick-Petersham import Daniel Bell-Drummond, the Englishman who scored a sublime 106.
Sutherland’s Austin Waugh, the son of Test legend Steve who was part of a healthy crowd at Coogee Oval in Sydney’s east, also made an impact by dismissing Warner for just 13 in the first innings of the 50-over clash.
Batting second, Smith scored 48 having earlier claimed 1-35 from 10 overs and taken a catch in the deep.
Both Smith and Warner took time during the match to sign autographs and pose for photos with fans, and there was not a hint of animosity towards the banned pair from those in attendance.
Nor was there any ill-feeling between Smith and Warner themselves.
As the two teams entered the playing field after Sutherland won the toss and sent their opponents in, Watson exchanged a quick handshake and a few words with Warner before Smith offered a courteous “morning” to his former deputy as he passed.
Warner looked in good touch, as he has all summer, but misdirected a well-timed cut shot off the bowling of Waugh and was caught at backward point to end his stay.
He left the field to warm applause, but was clearly upset at falling cheaply.
A typically animated Smith bowled nicely, took a solid catch and was busy marshalling fielders in tandem with his skipper Chris Williams.
If there was any question over how seriously Smith was taking his cricket in the wake of the Cape Town scandal, it was answered when he threw his hands in the air in frustration after a ball off his bowling landed between an eager fielder, who had crept in from the deep, and the boundary rope, resulting in four runs.
That competitiveness flowed into his batting as he milked singles and banished the bad ball after Watson’s early onslaught.
But just as the right-hander looked certain to record his half-century, he was caught behind for 48 off the spin of Riley Ayre, leaving the field to a rousing ovation.
Watson, meanwhile, was a class above.
Opening the batting, the 37-year-old hammered five sixes and as many fours, with each maximum drawing gasps of amazement from the strong crowd.
One Watson six off the bowling of Sydney Thunder teammate Daniel Sams soared straight out of the ground and over the adjacent Dolphin St.
Sams also put down a chance from Watson in the deep - and in the process parried the ball for six - but the allrounder had his revenge when he held on to a good catch on the mid-wicket rope to remove his BBL skipper.
An estimated crowd of around 2000 fans were in attendance, which left some sitting on the turf between the fence and boundary rope, which thrilled Randwick Petersham president Mike Whitney.
"I think I would have to go back to the 1970s or early '80s when I was playing first grade, we would have had something like it," the former Test quick said.
"But now, it's usually a sprinkling in the stand, and then 15 or 20 here with wives and parents.
"This is unbelievable.
"It just shows if you can get these guys back playing club cricket, how much interest it evokes in club cricket."
https://www.cricket.com.au/news/ste...atson-premier-grade-cricket-sydney/2018-11-10
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Cameron Bancroft reportedly at the centre of another cricket controversy
Just as he was getting on with resuming his cricket career, Cameron Bancroft has been embroiled in a bizarre storm.
Cameron Bancroft has stayed out of the limelight as Australia debates what a World Cup outfit including Steve Smith and David Warner looks like but the most junior member of the banned trio now finds himself in the centre of a bizarre storm.
As he plays for Western Australia in its Sheffield Shield clash against Tasmania in Hobart, Bancroft has made headlines on the other side of the world because of a tense dispute between his state and English county side Durham.
According to a report in UK publication The Telegraph, Durham is blowing up the opening batsman won’t arrive in time for the start of the English domestic season after it signed him to its roster last year.
Instead, Bancroft will miss the season opener against Derbyshire on April 5 because Western Australia reportedly wants him to stay in Perth so he can attend its end-of-season awards dinner.
Durham CEO Tim Bostock said the snub was a slap in the face for the county after it handed Bancroft a lifeline when his reputation was tarnished because of his involvement in the ball tampering scandal in South Africa, which earnt him a nine-month suspension from all international and Australian domestic cricket.
“He was persona non grata when we signed him in July. We took a chance on him and Western Australia and Cricket Australia should recognise that fact,” Bostock said, per The Telegraph.
“He recognises it and has pushed strongly to get here on time.
“We only play two Championship matches before breaking off for a block of 50-over games. Missing one match does not sound like a big deal but those two games are huge for us as we try and start the season well and look for promotion.
“I can understand players missing games for international duty but to miss a game because of an awards dinner is ridiculous.”
Cameron Bancroft is back in business.
English cricket journalist Nick Hoult was scathing of the reasoning for Bancroft missing the first match of the county season, writing: “Counties are often frustrated to lose overseas players to international call-ups but accept that is part of the risk, however, missing a Championship match to attend an awards dinner is a new low.”
Bancroft returned to cricket with the Perth Scorchers in the Big Bash League (BBL), where he played some crucial innings, including a superb 87 not out against the Sydney Sixers in Perth.
The right-hander, who upon returning from South Africa revealed his biggest frustration was giving someone else a chance to take his spot in the Australian team, will be desperate to wear the baggy green again as he pushes to be included in the Ashes squad heading to England later this year.
Bancroft started sensationally as he rejoined WA’s Shield side after the break for the BBL. He carried his bat and scored 138 not out in the first innings of a four-day match against NSW in Sydney, before backing it up with 86 in the second dig.
He also scored 52 against South Australia the following match but has failed twice against Tasmania, registering 27 and 22.
https://www.news.com.au/sport/crick...y/news-story/bf32390411cb743689ec5db877915141
Just as he was getting on with resuming his cricket career, Cameron Bancroft has been embroiled in a bizarre storm.
Cameron Bancroft has stayed out of the limelight as Australia debates what a World Cup outfit including Steve Smith and David Warner looks like but the most junior member of the banned trio now finds himself in the centre of a bizarre storm.
As he plays for Western Australia in its Sheffield Shield clash against Tasmania in Hobart, Bancroft has made headlines on the other side of the world because of a tense dispute between his state and English county side Durham.
According to a report in UK publication The Telegraph, Durham is blowing up the opening batsman won’t arrive in time for the start of the English domestic season after it signed him to its roster last year.
Instead, Bancroft will miss the season opener against Derbyshire on April 5 because Western Australia reportedly wants him to stay in Perth so he can attend its end-of-season awards dinner.
Durham CEO Tim Bostock said the snub was a slap in the face for the county after it handed Bancroft a lifeline when his reputation was tarnished because of his involvement in the ball tampering scandal in South Africa, which earnt him a nine-month suspension from all international and Australian domestic cricket.
“He was persona non grata when we signed him in July. We took a chance on him and Western Australia and Cricket Australia should recognise that fact,” Bostock said, per The Telegraph.
“He recognises it and has pushed strongly to get here on time.
“We only play two Championship matches before breaking off for a block of 50-over games. Missing one match does not sound like a big deal but those two games are huge for us as we try and start the season well and look for promotion.
“I can understand players missing games for international duty but to miss a game because of an awards dinner is ridiculous.”
Cameron Bancroft is back in business.
English cricket journalist Nick Hoult was scathing of the reasoning for Bancroft missing the first match of the county season, writing: “Counties are often frustrated to lose overseas players to international call-ups but accept that is part of the risk, however, missing a Championship match to attend an awards dinner is a new low.”
Bancroft returned to cricket with the Perth Scorchers in the Big Bash League (BBL), where he played some crucial innings, including a superb 87 not out against the Sydney Sixers in Perth.
The right-hander, who upon returning from South Africa revealed his biggest frustration was giving someone else a chance to take his spot in the Australian team, will be desperate to wear the baggy green again as he pushes to be included in the Ashes squad heading to England later this year.
Bancroft started sensationally as he rejoined WA’s Shield side after the break for the BBL. He carried his bat and scored 138 not out in the first innings of a four-day match against NSW in Sydney, before backing it up with 86 in the second dig.
He also scored 52 against South Australia the following match but has failed twice against Tasmania, registering 27 and 22.
https://www.news.com.au/sport/crick...y/news-story/bf32390411cb743689ec5db877915141
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Ball-tampering, two years on: Michael Holding weighs in on Smith, Warner and Sandpapergate
"Faf is being held together by... I was going to say by sticky tape, but that's probably not the right thing."
So began the announcement, nearly four days after the Newlands incident in 2018, by then South Africa coach Ottis Gibson. He took a dig at Australia's ball-tampering weapon of choice. Australia had its moments when it was exceptionally good, but this was one of its lowest points. They would work on it and eventually the players would come good and they would be strong again. But March 24 marks two years since Australian cricket was thrown into crisis by the Cape Town ball-tampering scandal.
Less than two weeks ago, an eight-part docu-series titled 'The Test: A New Era for Australia’s Team' served partly as a public relations exercise; with the over-riding theme of adeptly chronicling a dramatic 16 months. The timing couldn't have been more perfect; the sense of euphoria surrounding the revival could not have been better stage-managed. The objective was to win back the people the cricket team had let down by "engaging in cheating", as averred by then Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. But the show wasn't so much about the disciplinary transgression, as it was about the road to redemption thereafter.
Steven Smith and David Warner, formerly captain and vice-captain of Australia, were banned from playing international and domestic cricket for 12 months by Cricket Australia for their roles in the scandal while Cameron Bancroft, the player caught tampering the ball, was banned from playing for nine months. The immediate bans were obvious and necessary appeasement of the public demand for swift and decisive action from CA. The reception Australia has got since that fateful Test against South Africa has usually oscillated between disgust and awe.
Australian cricket was thrown into crisis by the ball tampering scandal. Here, the then Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland faces the media after the incident in Cape Town. Photo: Getty Images
Michael Holding, West Indies fast-bowling great who was part of the commentary team at Cape Town, dismisses the notion that the fallout was over the top. "I don't think so," said Holding, "considering the level of punishments meted out to individuals and teams whose crime was to not bowl enough overs in a day. And I think the bigger crime was to try and cover up what took place instead of just taking it on the chin and apologising." Holding did not see the incident live. He had just come off commentary when a broadcasting colleague brought it to his attention. "I went outside the Supersports comms box only to be asked by a commentator from another network if I had seen what happened," Holding recalled. "I went back inside and watched all the replays from the various angles that were broadcasted and my immediate reaction was dismay. I couldn't believe anyone could be so naïve to do what he, Bancroft did in today's world."
In the damning findings of a wide-ranging culture review, was this salient observation: "The ball-tampering incident ... can be seen as an aberration. It can be dismissed as the failure of a handful of players. However, to think this would be mistaken. We have spoken with players who are reluctant to challenge the errant behaviour of their team-mates - just in case it puts them off their game and leads to a loss.”
Holding, however, said he never felt disrespected by the Australians during his playing days. "In my time of playing against Australia, I always considered them tough opponents who took no prisoners on the field but that's where the "war" ended. I can honestly say I was never the subject of any racial or personal abuse and never heard any either and I played against some tough guys. That said, sometimes what you hear through stump microphones these days, it seems times have changed and not for the better," he said.
Holding has "no idea" if Smith and Warner are better with experience. "I remember seeing an advertisement that Smith did while under suspension, intimating his involvement in the scandal which in my opinion was in poor taste. It didn't suggest to me that there was any remorse. I don't know either gentleman so can only go by what I see."
https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cric...apetown-test-cricket-news/article31145511.ece
"Faf is being held together by... I was going to say by sticky tape, but that's probably not the right thing."
So began the announcement, nearly four days after the Newlands incident in 2018, by then South Africa coach Ottis Gibson. He took a dig at Australia's ball-tampering weapon of choice. Australia had its moments when it was exceptionally good, but this was one of its lowest points. They would work on it and eventually the players would come good and they would be strong again. But March 24 marks two years since Australian cricket was thrown into crisis by the Cape Town ball-tampering scandal.
Less than two weeks ago, an eight-part docu-series titled 'The Test: A New Era for Australia’s Team' served partly as a public relations exercise; with the over-riding theme of adeptly chronicling a dramatic 16 months. The timing couldn't have been more perfect; the sense of euphoria surrounding the revival could not have been better stage-managed. The objective was to win back the people the cricket team had let down by "engaging in cheating", as averred by then Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. But the show wasn't so much about the disciplinary transgression, as it was about the road to redemption thereafter.
Steven Smith and David Warner, formerly captain and vice-captain of Australia, were banned from playing international and domestic cricket for 12 months by Cricket Australia for their roles in the scandal while Cameron Bancroft, the player caught tampering the ball, was banned from playing for nine months. The immediate bans were obvious and necessary appeasement of the public demand for swift and decisive action from CA. The reception Australia has got since that fateful Test against South Africa has usually oscillated between disgust and awe.
Australian cricket was thrown into crisis by the ball tampering scandal. Here, the then Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland faces the media after the incident in Cape Town. Photo: Getty Images
Michael Holding, West Indies fast-bowling great who was part of the commentary team at Cape Town, dismisses the notion that the fallout was over the top. "I don't think so," said Holding, "considering the level of punishments meted out to individuals and teams whose crime was to not bowl enough overs in a day. And I think the bigger crime was to try and cover up what took place instead of just taking it on the chin and apologising." Holding did not see the incident live. He had just come off commentary when a broadcasting colleague brought it to his attention. "I went outside the Supersports comms box only to be asked by a commentator from another network if I had seen what happened," Holding recalled. "I went back inside and watched all the replays from the various angles that were broadcasted and my immediate reaction was dismay. I couldn't believe anyone could be so naïve to do what he, Bancroft did in today's world."
In the damning findings of a wide-ranging culture review, was this salient observation: "The ball-tampering incident ... can be seen as an aberration. It can be dismissed as the failure of a handful of players. However, to think this would be mistaken. We have spoken with players who are reluctant to challenge the errant behaviour of their team-mates - just in case it puts them off their game and leads to a loss.”
Holding, however, said he never felt disrespected by the Australians during his playing days. "In my time of playing against Australia, I always considered them tough opponents who took no prisoners on the field but that's where the "war" ended. I can honestly say I was never the subject of any racial or personal abuse and never heard any either and I played against some tough guys. That said, sometimes what you hear through stump microphones these days, it seems times have changed and not for the better," he said.
Holding has "no idea" if Smith and Warner are better with experience. "I remember seeing an advertisement that Smith did while under suspension, intimating his involvement in the scandal which in my opinion was in poor taste. It didn't suggest to me that there was any remorse. I don't know either gentleman so can only go by what I see."
https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cric...apetown-test-cricket-news/article31145511.ece
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These disgraceful cheats. Their absence proved how Australia's strength as a team is on shaky water.
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Bancroft is a trash player.
Pattinson is ok in favourable conditions. That's about it.
warner is a gun in australia, n.z and south africa. mediocre everywhere else.
smith is GOAT.
Pattinson is ok in favourable conditions. That's about it.
warner is a gun in australia, n.z and south africa. mediocre everywhere else.
smith is GOAT.
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"We saw you cry on the tele"
Crowd singing that at Edgbaston...
Crowd singing that at Edgbaston...
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