What would you do in Cameron Bancroft's position?

[kingusama92]

Here's a fun one.

Handscomb comes racing out and says, "Mate, they caught you on camera. Get rid of the evidence."

What would you do?

 

[cricketworm]

Spill the gatorade / juice, on pant and ask umpire that I need pant changing.

(nothing would have worked as he was caught initially)

 

[Bilal7]

I would play it cool, not try to hide it and simply give it up when the umpires inevitably ask me what I'm doing.

Bancroft hasn't faced any of the wrath that has been directed towards Smith. People are even feeling sympathetic towards the guy. Had he not tried to hide it after knowing that everyone was watching him, he would have received even more good will.

 

[Rana]

I would run off to the toilet. There is no force in the world that can stop a man to have a toilet brake. Run Cameron Run!

 

[HuzaifaE]

Pretty much what he did. Nothing matters once the camera's have spotted you, it's game over at that point.

 

[kingusama92]

I would play it cool, not try to hide it and simply give it up when the umpires inevitably ask me what I'm doing.

Bancroft hasn't faced any of the wrath that has been directed towards Smith. People are even feeling sympathetic towards the guy. Had he not tried to hide it after knowing that everyone was watching him, he would have received even more good will.

I agree but that's in hindsight.

What if Smith didn't confess?

 

[kingusama92]

Pretty much what he did. Nothing matters once the camera's have spotted you, it's game over at that point.

Supposedly the broadcasters were going to "give up" and let it slide until he decided to stuff it down his pants. That's when they caught the yellow tape on camera.

 

[Rayyman]

Pretend to be tying my shoe and stick inside as fast as I can.

Or take my hat off and slip it in there nonchalantly.

#ImaNinja

 

[giri26]

Just go with the flow and tell what is the truth. I am sure there is a team version of it and they will stick to it. Bancroft will still escape with a lower punishment to Smith and Warner but again it is sad for the youngster to find himself in this situation so early in his career.

 

[MMHS]

Take on the blame on me, so that CA can save their face and protect their main players. That might have ended my International career (which is not likely to last much longer), but CA would have rewarded me with a long term BBL contract, may be some other form of compensation ........ and obviously PLs & SLs are there. In short, I would have negotiated with CA for the biggest deal - and that perfectly fits the act as well.

Long back, CA (Then ACB), managed to sweep dart under carpet - read it, fine $60K to Mark & Warne, which was reveled after those two retired; but this time they'll need bigger sacrifice. It was a class act that those 2 players later accused Malik for fixing offer, but this time Kangaroo tail is stuck in a tighter trap - it'll need to sacrifice some body part - Aussies can't draw the line themselves here.

 

[giri26]

Take on the blame on me, so that CA can save their face and protect their main players. That might have ended my International career (which is not likely to last much longer), but CA would have rewarded me with a long term BBL contract, may be some other form of compensation ........ and obviously PLs & SLs are there. In short, I would have negotiated with CA for the biggest deal - and that perfectly fits the act as well.

Long back, CA (Then ACB), managed to sweep dart under carpet - read it, fine $60K to Mark & Warne, which was reveled after those two retired; but this time they'll need bigger sacrifice. It was a class act that those 2 players later accused Malik for fixing offer, but this time Kangaroo tail is stuck in a tighter trap - it'll need to sacrifice some body part - Aussies can't draw the line themselves here.

That option is moot as Steven Smith has agreed that he was the one who orchestrated the tampering. In fact that has saved Bancroft from being severely punished as Warner and Smith have decided to take the fall and I would assume Darren Lehmann as well.

 

[MMHS]

That option is moot as Steven Smith has agreed that he was the one who orchestrated the tampering. In fact that has saved Bancroft from being severely punished as Warner and Smith have decided to take the fall and I would assume Darren Lehmann as well.

Yes, kid made a blunder of bringing underwear in the "act" - probably got brain freezed. Otherwise, it was quite manageable - Umpires were Poms, Match Referee Zimbabwean. Still was manageable, had it been SAF prior to 1990s ..........

In the whole episode, one of the biggest corruption that's been overlooked is that the on field Umpires and Match Referee didn't fine Aussies 5 penalty runs - that would have been official record; every now & then players are given demerit points, or suspended. It tells, lot more than what we can see .......

 

[Indiafan]

Would pretend to hug the umpire and sneakily put the sand paper in his back pocket. If he notices, accuse him of tampering the ball to help the home team

 

[B_Positive]

Suspend Warner, Smith and Bancroft for at least 6 months.

 

[kingusama92]

Suspend Warner, Smith and Bancroft for at least 6 months.

Interesting.

And how would Bancroft manage to pull this off?

 

[BreadPakoda]

Apologise right there and come out clean later in the day on what happened/had been happening for months/years.

 

[Ab Fan]

Nothing..Jo hoga baad me dekh lege..

 

[volcyz]

Say his head wasn’t in the right place ever since getting headbutted by Bairstow and needs counselling asap

 

[badsha001]

Afridi style, would have swallowed it...

 

[Madplayer]

Make an emotional plea to the umpire in his ear, "my honour, please one chance, please please"
Umpire : :

 

[DRsohail]

He is a cheat and i would have not done it on any cost.

 

[leatherface58]

He is a cheat and i would have not done it on any cost.

He is a newcomer to the side. Does he want heat from the rest of the side for not following the order? He is the least culpable in all of this though still culpable.

 

[MenInG]

Bancroft will have the 'Amir' defence - young and impressionable and lead to bad things....

 

[Abdul]

Come out. I ain't no wimp.

 

[Varun]

I would throw Smith and Lehmann under the bus.

Obviously I didn't do it on my own accord and these two were nudging me on the shoulder, me being the youngest player and all. Not sure about Warner.

 

[Syed1]

Slip and "injure" my knee and request to be stretchered off, fake wincing the whole time

 

[Big Mac]

It's easy to say you'd have done the right thing but I don't know. It's so easy to justify the act when the idea is first raised, "Oh everybody else is doing it", "the umpires and the ICC don't really care", "nobody ever gets caught", "We've been tampering in some manner or another for years"

Once you're dragged into it then I don't know what you'd do when you're caught, you'd probably just go along with the rest of the senior players/coaches and hope for a lesser punishment. Takes a lot of guts to stick your neck out and blame everybody else as the junior player.

With regards to the OP's question, you don't stick something down the front of your trousers because that's suspicious as hell. You employ a bit of sleight of hand and as you pull your pockets inside out you make sure you palm that bit of sandpaper so nobody can see it. Need to be crafty like an evil super villain

 

[JattMaula]

Truth. And truth only.


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After being caught on camera anyway.

 

[Indiafan]

Come out. I ain't no wimp.

Yeah, but what about the ball tampering?

 

[Corridor of Uncertainty]

In my opinion, cameras didn't catch the yellow tape until Handscomb came and told him to hide it.

If he hadn't tried to hide it, and kept it in his pocket, there would have been more innuendo than actual evidence.

He could have just whipped out the black towel for the umpires regardless.

Interesting situation.

 

[Hasan123]

Try to find an excuse to get off the pitch.

 

[kingusama92]

In my opinion, cameras didn't catch the yellow tape until Handscomb came and told him to hide it.

If he hadn't tried to hide it, and kept it in his pocket, there would have been more innuendo than actual evidence.

He could have just whipped out the black towel for the umpires regardless.

Interesting situation.

I agree.

When the umpires asked him, he could have easily shown the piece of tape and they still wouldn't know what it was.

Just think about it.

What crosses your mind when it comes to foreign objects and ball tampering? You would look for bottle caps, razor blades, or even mints.

No one mentions yellow tape!

 

[Concerned]

Should retire and open a yellow tape business immediately. It would be world famous.

 

[Bilal7]

I agree but that's in hindsight.

What if Smith didn't confess?

Bancroft will have the 'Amir' defence - young and impressionable and lead to bad things....

This. Bancroft wouldn't have been punished severely even if he was the only guy who was blamed. He could just say that 'I was dumb, made a decision in the spur of the moment without consulting with any of the others, my captain and leadership has only taught be to play hard but fair, won't happen again'. Say the right things and he would get away with a minor suspension. Also, the captain and coach would owe him one and he'd probably get right back in the team once the suspension was done.

 

[Bilal7]

I would throw Smith and Lehmann under the bus.

Obviously I didn't do it on my own accord and these two were nudging me on the shoulder, me being the youngest player and all. Not sure about Warner.

Good luck ever playing for Australia again after snitching on your coach and captain. The other players and the next captain would never want you around the dressing room.

 

[shokz1408]

I mean if a player comes out to specifically tell you that you've been seen on camera potentially tampering with the ball, and hide whatever it was that you were using then you'd panic. It's hard to really know how you'd react in such circumstances. In the heat of the moment I might have tried to do the same as bancroft. Thing is it was fine what he did, but he didn't cover well enough whatever he got out his pocket, a couple of centimetres was the difference between getting caught or going free.

In hindsight, after you have time to think about it, id say I needed to go to the toilet, people could then only speculate, there would be no physical evidence seen on camera and they all should have been okay. Alternatively 12th man could have come out, passed him a protector for his privates, and captain could have him field up close to the batsmen. Then he could have put his hands down his trousers keeping the physical evidence covered by the protector.

I think there's various ways he could have gone about it, but that's when you have time to think. But this happened in a space of minutes, everyone would panic.

 

[Rana]

In my opinion, cameras didn't catch the yellow tape until Handscomb came and told him to hide it.

If he hadn't tried to hide it, and kept it in his pocket, there would have been more innuendo than actual evidence.

He could have just whipped out the black towel for the umpires regardless.

Interesting situation.

That Isn't true, the first footage has a split second image of the yellow tape. There is a slight gap between Bancroft's fingers and something is visible. Plus it makes no sense to put your right hand in your pocket straight after.

 

[Rana]

I think the middle man who went to Bancroft needs to own up about what he was told on the walkie talkie and what exactly did he say to Bancroft as a message. This Will be pivotal in determining whether Lehman was always in on it or not.

 

[Rana]

This. Bancroft wouldn't have been punished severely even if he was the only guy who was blamed. He could just say that 'I was dumb, made a decision in the spur of the moment without consulting with any of the others, my captain and leadership has only taught be to play hard but fair, won't happen again'. Say the right things and he would get away with a minor suspension. Also, the captain and coach would owe him one and he'd probably get right back in the team once the suspension was done.

This is an interesting point. Had Bancroft just taken it all on himself it would be intriguing to know how the Aussies would have dealt with this. It certainly would not have become a national crisis.

 

[shokz1408]

This is an interesting point. Had Bancroft just taken it all on himself it would be intriguing to know how the Aussies would have dealt with this. It certainly would not have become a national crisis.

Potentially, but then you'd be putting him under the bus. Don't think Australia have been found guilty of ball tampering before, and perhaps he would have got a more severe punishment then he's about to get. Right now, he is looking like the least guilty of the 3 as he merely followed instructions of the captain/vice captain. If he took it on himself, there's the possibility 1-3 match ban would have sufficed and it would not be a national crisis. However, if they were still strict, then in him owning up he would be the only one responsible and could get a more severe punishment then is already thought of him.

 

[B_Positive]

Interesting.

And how would Bancroft manage to pull this off?

By requesting to Cricket Australia...

 

[kingusama92]

By requesting to Cricket Australia...

So you would just turn yourself in instead of trying to hide the yellow tape?

 

[Hasan123]

I think the middle man who went to Bancroft needs to own up about what he was told on the walkie talkie and what exactly did he say to Bancroft as a message. This Will be pivotal in determining whether Lehman was always in on it or not.

CA must have surely spoke to Handscomb during their investigation.

 

[B_Positive]

So you would just turn yourself in instead of trying to hide the yellow tape?

Bancroft was misguided. He should face the problems not hide.

And ultimately both Smith and Warner are suspended. not for 6 months but 1 year...

 

[Corridor of Uncertainty]

I agree.

When the umpires asked him, he could have easily shown the piece of tape and they still wouldn't know what it was.

Just think about it.

What crosses your mind when it comes to foreign objects and ball tampering? You would look for bottle caps, razor blades, or even mints.

No one mentions yellow tape!

Well now we know it was sandpaper.

Still, if you are cheating, at least be good at it. Or have they been for a long while? Who knows.

 

[B_Positive]

If you aint cheating, you aint trying