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NEIL MANTHORP: World has moved on from Aussie cricket players’ thuggish style
Cricket Australia (CA) officials spent most of Monday attempting to get to the bottom of the ball-tampering saga and vexing about suitable punishments for the perpetrators, the "leadership group" to which captain Steve Smith referred in his media confessional with the ham-fisted Cameron Bancroft. There have been some hysterical and absurd calls from within Australia for Smith to be given a life ban, and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has said he should be sacked forever as captain, which illustrates just how seriously the country is treating the scandal. More sportsmen and women have been named Australian of the Year than from any other endeavour. We all know Australians take sport seriously, but for anyone who doubted there were "standards" in their competitiveness, the outrage over the cheating clearly shows there are. Punch each other if you need, get drunk, swear and abuse each other as much as you like, but don’t cheat.Whatever bans, fines or suspensions are imposed will be ir...
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