LEFT ARM OVER
NEIL MANTHORP: Ball-tampering sanctions gloss over wider malaise
Cricket Australia (CA) moved at astonishing speed to deal with the ball-tampering affair at Newlands, and they did a clinically efficient job. The head of CA’s integrity unit was packing his bags for Sydney Airport moments after Steve Smith said "we’re not proud of this but we’ll move on from it". Rarely has there been starker evidence of the disconnect between professional sportsmen and the real world. Iain Roy landed in SA and began work immediately. Despite the complexities involved, he managed to sprint through his work in 48 hours and conclude there were only three people involved and that it was a one-off instance. If this was cricket’s version of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, he could not have done a better job of encasing it in lead and burying it in concrete.How did Australia get the ball to reverse swing after just 28 overs on the lush, green square and outfield at St George’s Park? Was the strapping and bandaging on David Warner’s hand checked for abrasive but almost in...
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