StephenZA
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Probably deserves it more, huge knock, particularly at that moment in the game. But sentimentality and all that....
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***Official*** Australia in South Africa 2018
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flibbertyjibber
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Can't see Australia coming back after what has gone on this week.
StephenZA
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Probably not.... but let's stay focused beat them in under 3-days by an innings, so that they can catch an earlier flight.
shifty_eyes
U19 12th Man
The thing is you can't back hard soft fair bull**** without talent.
marc71178
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Talk about people in glass houses...
anaksr
U19 Debutant
This sounds bit too harsh
Smith, Warner could face life ban from CA - ESPNcricinfo
Smith, Warner could face life ban from CA - ESPNcricinfo
flibbertyjibber
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Serves them right if they get it.
I guess this article is out to gauge opinion back home
Yeah rumor in all likelihood but still don't like the sound of that..
OverratedSanity
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Literally 0 chance of that happening
marc71178
Eyes not spreadsheets
Far too harsh seeing that Amir is still playing.
GRAB
First Class Debutant
Aside, make those stupid ESPNCricinfo auto-playing videos die in a ditch. Annoying, when you want to read an article, and wasting my precious data!
anaksr
U19 Debutant
Now that's what you call Karma
https://twitter.com/TheCricketerMag/status/977853720103915520?s=19
https://twitter.com/TheCricketerMag/status/977853720103915520?s=19
Andy1867
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Depends on how far CA want to go to grab the "Moral high ground" they seem to feel the need to inhabit....
I found the comments about "Banter" from the S.A crowds to be way beyond ludicrous...even before this last couple of days.
"Over the line" I believe they said..while you watch John snow getting beer cans thrown at him, the "Warm" welcome from everyone at the "WACCA" to any visiting team, and the sledging that Australia seem rather proud of, but when they get it back, find it hard to cope with.
A lifetime ban is way beyond harsh, because EVERY nation has more or less done it, and I suspect its more or less accepted in the modern game, but when exposed, we have this "Faux" outrage from ex players like Nasser Hussain etc, its bloody transparent to anyone , if you take the team you actually follow out of the equation...no bias...you simply have to accept it.
Smiths interview was beyond the pale...He should have simply aid "Fair cop..We did it, they do it, everyone does it..We got caught"..because thats simply what it amounts to.
He tried to be in some way "Honourable" by stating it was a decision made by the "Leadership" team, but "I'm not going to name names"................Well thanks a bundle Sir Lancelot.
"I may be cheat, but I'm no grass"......yea..thats a massive distinction....isn't it?
OverratedSanity
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Beautiful
This is clickbait headlining at its worst. All that this means is that the maximum allowable penalty under CA rules is a lifetime ban, not that there is any realistic possibly of it being enforced here. This is ball tampering, not match- fixing. Nobody wants to see crazy bans being handed out to the players here.
Except maybe for Warner. I'd be happy to see him banned for life. But that's more on general principle than due to his actions ?
AndyZaltzHair
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Thats crazy