Warner fined over de Villiers ball tampering claims

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“It would be a lot better if people talked about how well you executed your skills instead of looking at ways of how you got that skill”

Australia opening batsman David Warner has been fined 15 per cent of his match fee for saying that South Africa wicketkeeper-batsman AB de Villiers was deliberately roughing up one side of the ball in order to allow the team’s pace attack to get more reverse swing during the second Test in Port Elizabeth.

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Alastair Cook demands apology over Hot Spot cheating claims

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The England players have come under fire for their behaviour after retaining the Ashes

England captain Alastair Cook had demanded an apology from Australian broadcaster Channel Nine after they said that the England batsmen were trying to cheat the Hot Spot technology by putting silicon tape around the edges of their bats.

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Sourav Ganguly was always disrespectful and late for tosses, reveals Steve Waugh

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Waugh believes Ganguly always “showed a lack of respect for the game”

Former Australia captain Steve Waugh has slammed ex-India skipper Sourav Ganguly over his disrespectfulness and the fact that he was always late for tosses when the two nations squared off for a Test series in 2001.

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Bob Willis’ ball-tampering allegations against us were simply ‘unacceptable’, says Ravi Bopara

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Bopara labelled Willis’ accusations as “annoying, sad and depressing”

Yet another England player has lashed out against former captain Bob Willis over his remarks about the national team tampering with the ball to get it to reverse swing during the recently concluded Champions Trophy.

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A BATTING WITH BIMAL BREAKING REPORT: The BCCI does not hold Twenty20 cricket in higher regards than Test cricket, says Narayanaswami Srinivasan

Srinivasan declared that the BCCI still consider Test cricket as their top priority

President of The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Narayanaswami Srinivasan has dismissed speculation that he holds Twenty20 cricket in higher regards than Test cricket.

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