Adelaide — Fifty-four journalists, 11 of them lurking with intent behind television cameras, had filled the media conference room at Adelaide Oval on Wednesday by the time Faf du Plessis, accompanied by Cricket SA CE Haroon Lorgat, entered stage left. The lights were dimmed. Recorders were readied. Beating hearts were stilled. Du Plessis sat down a metre or two from the people who had brought evidence of his illegal ball-shining techniques in the Hobart Test to the attention of the International Cricket Council (ICC), which had stopped a solitary demerit point short of banning SA’s captain from playing in the Adelaide Test starting on Thursday. Instead, they fined him 100% of his match fee. He said on Tuesday, he planned to appeal, but Lorgat said Cricket SA had "advised Faf to reserve his position as regards the match referee’s finding and wait for the full reasons of his decision before deciding his next step". In other words, calm down. "Thanks for all the love the last week," Du...
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