Sourav Ganguly: “I think the ban of just one match and 100 percent match fee [fine] is a bit soft”
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly believes that a harsher punishment should have been imposed on Australia skipper Steve Smith for his involvement in a ball tampering scandal.
Faf du Plessis: “Ball shining versus ball tampering are two very different situations and one is much more serious than the other”
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South Africa captain Faf du Plessis firmly believes that the ball tampering incident was much worse than his infamous ‘mintgate’ scandal in 2016.
Morne Morkel finished with figures of 5-23 off 9.4 overs
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South Africa pace bowler Morne Morkel put on a show on the fourth day in Cape Town as he carved through Australia’s batting line-up to spearhead his side’s 322-run win.
Alastair Cook: “The guys who are in the limelight have a responsibility to play cricket in the right way”
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England opener Alastair Cook has conceded that Australia captain Steve Smith and opener Cameron Bancroft’s admission that they tampered with the ball is “sad for cricket”.
James Sutherland: “That isn’t the end of it and can’t be the end of it”
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Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland has confirmed that the board will conduct an investigation into the ball tampering incident that shocked the cricketing community on Saturday.
Cameron Bancroft: “We had a discussion during the break and I saw an opportunity to use some tape, get some granules from the rough patches on the wickets and change the condition”
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Australia opener Cameron Bancroft and captain Steve Smith have admitted that they tampered with the ball on the third day of the third Test against South Africa in Cape Town.
Aiden Markram scored his third Test fifty
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South Africa opener Aiden Markram and batsman AB de Villiers scored 84 and 51 not out respectively to extend their side’s lead over Australia to 294 on the third day in Cape Town.
Cameron Bancroft was spotted putting the item down his trousers
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Australia opener Cameron Bancroft has been thrust into the spotlight after he was caught putting a mysterious yellow paper-like item down his trousers on the third day of the third Test in Cape Town.
Morne Morkel: “To eventually reach it is something I’ve worked hard towards for a long time”
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South Africa pace bowler Morne Morkel joined an elite club when he took his 300th Test wicket on the second day of the third Test against Australia in Cape Town.
Morne Morkel became the fifth South African bowler to take 300 Test wickets
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South Africa pace bowler Morne Morkel took a four-wicket haul, during which he claimed his 300th Test wicket, to put the Proteas in an advantageous position over Australia on the second day of the third Test in Cape Town.
