Australian cricket chief arrives in SA to hand out punishment in ball-tampering scandal
Even if Lehmann is cleared, there is clearly a mood in Australia that the team’s behaviour has deteriorated too far in the five years of his reign
Cricket Australia supremo James Sutherland arrived in SA on Tuesday to precipitate an expected dramatic shake-up of the Test team in the wake of the weekend’s ball-tampering scandal — and to announce punishment for the protagonists. Australia was plunged into turmoil after captain Steve Smith admitted on Saturday that senior players had conspired with opening batsman Cameron Bancroft to tamper with the ball during the third Test against South Africa in Cape Town. Sutherland, who already asked Smith and David Warner to step down as captain and vice-captain respectively, is expected to come down hard on the team’s senior figures after being given a report into the scandal. The chief executive will hear the outcome of a probe into Saturday’s incident from team performance head Pat Howard and integrity chief Iain Roy, after the pair spent Monday in Cape Town interviewing the players. Cricket Australia will announce the punishments on Tuesday at a news conference in Johannesburg, where t...
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