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March 25, 2018 at 4:23 pm #18254
Ed P
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I just could not believe the degree of stupidity of the Aussie cricket team in tapering with the cricket ball in such an obvious manner! Beeb Link

I just hope that someone will now go through each delivery of the last Ashes test to check for similar tampering. It would be a bitter-sweet moment to have a whole Ashes series declared void!
March 25, 2018 at 4:44 pm #18255
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They are not unique in this, if memory serves me right, weren’t the MCC team involved in something similar some years ago?

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March 25, 2018 at 4:47 pm #18256
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Iir Atherton was caused of this (dirt in pocket) about 20 years ago.
March 25, 2018 at 5:15 pm #18259
Ed P
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While not condoning it, I do not think Atherton was too dumb in using dirt, but using highly visible fluorescent yellow tape takes a special degree of stupidity!
March 25, 2018 at 6:10 pm #18262
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Ian Botham and Bob Willis once confessed to using a well-grown thumbnail to pick at the seam stitching of the ball. Not being an out and out cricket fan, I am not sure exactly what effect the practice had upon performance.

Those two wrecked the Aussies (and almost everyone else) with bat and ball, a few times, as I recall.

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