Adelaide — Cricket SA (CSA) has asked Faf du Plessis to reconsider his intention to appeal his conviction for ball tampering. Du Plessis was fined 100% of his match fee but escaped a ban when match referee Andy Pycroft found‚ after a three-hour hearing in Adelaide on Tuesday‚ that SA’s captain had broken law 42.3 during the second Test against Australia in Hobart. Television footage had shown Du Plessis polishing the ball after wetting his fingers while a mint — which amounts to a banned artificial substance — was in his mouth. Team management said on Tuesday that Du Plessis planned to appeal‚ which could lead to a tougher punishment. But by Wednesday morning he appeared to have been talked off that ledge. "We have 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‚" CSA chief executive Haroon Lorgat said at a press conference in Adelaide on Wednesday. Du Plessis found it difficult to...
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