Downfall - The Story of Sandpapergate

[@VishalSharma-ks2dh]

the fact that David Warner has never taken any responsibility for his role speaks volumes on how much he respects the game. I grew up watching this game through the 90's, it is still to this day one of the only things that brings me and my father together. If you have no respect for this game you deserve to never be allowed to play this game ever again, sorry not sorry

[@wespaul9345]

Agree. There's something wrong there. It might surprise you Vishal but Australians don't like the team. They love cricket but didn't like the players.

[@timedison6687]

No. David Warner grew up in the back streets of Matraville.

[@MidnightPursuit]

@@timedison6687who cares about his hard luck back story…he is a grub

[@ragnong9680]

Didn't he cry in that press conference? Pretty sure he did take responsibility.

[@thomaswaller7966]

@@wespaul9345 Not true, as an Australian

[@paulskinner]

It was always a bit suspect that it was the series after the ashes they got found out, and returned from their bans just in time for the next ashes. Also, to call the reaction to it at the time a "hysterical reaction" is also crazy wordplay. It's completely justified reaction to blatant cheating.

[@brokkrdwarf]

Completely agree, cheating should never be taken lightly in any sport, specially the sort of cheating that was thought through beforehand like this one. There is the "spur of of the moment" kind of cheating like a hand ball in a football match that, although it still is cheating, you can argue it was done without thinking it through just the player getting carried away by the occasion. But cheating in this way which was planned beforehand, the players having time to think about what they are doing beforehand and doing it anyway, making use of an unfair advantage in the form of illegal tools or even doping which happens in many other sports, that kind of cheating should warrant a lifetime ban from the sport in any competitive nature imo.

[@mob7586.]

They are despised by all the other nations that play our lovely sport the stuff that they say to their opponents is outright discusting and it always seems to be that shit who suffers from little man syndrome hillbilly warner cricket will be better off without him

[@user-tm3cf6uy8u]

should have cracked down harder. lifetime bans. would have been difficult to come back from, but sent a strong message that Australia won't stand for that shit. as an australian (pretty much former) fan, it would have been great to see. winning's not everything. oh well.

[@ragnong9680]

Was it also cheating when Faf used his lolly to shine the ball, Afridi bit the ball, Sachin scratched the ball, several players used hair gels and sunscreen to shine the ball. Ball tampering has happened all throughout the history of cricket.

[@paulskinner]

@@ragnong9680 I just want to check that you honestly believe bringing sandpaper on to a pitch, which has zero other purpose, is exactly the same as the other examples? Yeah, they're all ball tampering, but one of those is on a wildly different level to the rest.

[@fargoboyle]

Zero sympathy for Smith and Warner, we haven't got the whole truth yet, the so called leadership group? how none of the bowlers were involved defies belief. Also how Smith threw Bancroft under the bus in that press conference showed exactly what type of leader he was

[@shadowboypawan]

At the very least, those who confessed being a part of it should’ve been suspended for life. Tampering with the ball isn’t new, pre-planning to designate junior players to do your dirty work in such a choreographed manner is shocking.

[@Wally-H]

It's true there has been a history of players using Brylcream, sun cream, finger nails and dirt in the pocket (Atherton!) and it's all wrong but the lengths Warner went to with the tape and the sandpaper to cheat, were especially ridiculous. There is no way the bans were over the top and in my view, others caught cheating in the past got off too lightly. I'm English but I'm not going to defend Atherton for keeping his pocket full of dirt - cheating is a disgrace and there should never be any sort of line drawn where it is supposedly okay to do any of it. The TV cameras caught Atherton, they also clearly showed the Pakistan players gouging the ball back in the 1990's to make it reverse swing. Win fair or piss off and don't come back, I say.

[@princeroytilakasiri5675]

Totally agree 👍, what happened at Lord's this year wasn't cricket with the run out with Jonny Bairstow

[@princeroytilakasiri5675]

I was there at Lord's that day on the 5th day!!!

[@bus5683]

@@princeroytilakasiri5675it’s not like bairstow hasn’t done anything similar before hey

[@worzel189]

David Warner is a poison in any cricket team

[@mk-ee7vx]

We saw Steve Smith cry on the telly!

[@bus5683]

Did you cry when he was celebrating the test championship and the World Cup ?

[@kiz5562]

lol, you're 5 years late to the joke. get over it

[@72kkhwab]

Bina aansu kon rota hai bhai😂

[@shubhamlele5395]

@@bus5683 probably cheated there too. Same old Aussies. Always cheating. Chappel Ponting Smith passing of the baton

[@c38b88]

you saw them act, if that was real crying from him & Warner then pigs can fly, horrible acting & even worse leadership.

[@skar5541]

Australia trying to be self sympathetic is jokes

[@Wally-H]

Agreed, this documentary is all about them feeling sorry for themselves. There seem to only be two states of attitude you get from the Australians - they are either being arrogant and showing off when they are winning, or they are sulking and feeling sorry for themselves when it goes wrong.

[@Abdullah-Yousaf]

Smith and Warner absolutely destroyed the career of Bancroft.

[@maerum95]

Bancroft destroyed david career and put stain on smiths career. Off the field suggestion, was it not the responsibility of bankcroft to defy it.

[@davidroutledge1732]

​@@maerum95Maybe if the sandpaper hadn't been used then no careers destroyed or stained. To get a young lad to do this was wrong on all counts and smacks of utter cowardice on senior players.

[@mrkipling2201]

I’ve never seen home conditions having more effect than in the 2013/14 and 2015 Ashes. We were spanked 5-0 in Australia and didn’t play the conditions well at all, yet we beat Australia in 2015, bowling them out for 60, because they weren’t able to play the moving ball.

[@ChuckwaldMartin]

so they cheated one year then you guys cheated the next? im confused

[@mrkipling2201]

@ I didn’t say that anyone cheated. I said that home conditions in both series were the reason for the victories for the home teams, and how different those conditions were in each series.

[@waseemchaudhry2933]

Another Brilliant Upload Keep It Up

[@princeroytilakasiri5675]

You talk about the sprint of the game. Well the Johnny Bairstow run out is in question!! One aussie I like is Adam Gilchrist!!! Very true to his word!!!!

[@Jay-vl9oi]

Nothing wrong with that run out

[@joshhicks4591]

And Bairstow's attempt at the same thing? That was ok I guess?

[@Jay-vl9oi]

@@joshhicks4591 yes

[@TheRazza84]

This was a hard watch. The docco is almost trying to make you feel sorry for those who blatantly cheated. I don’t care if you suspect the other team of cheating and the tensions between the two sides were getting high, you do not cheat period. Australians idol there sportsman rightfully so but sometimes too much. Thought the penalty was fair. They were allowed to play after their bans. All of them should consider themselves lucky.

[@astonishedhoplite2510]

I don't think we idolise our sports stars no where near as much as other countries do

[@samueltaylor9078]

I think they are extremely lucky. If a swimmer or track and field athlete are caught cheating, they get 4 years and are hung out to dry. Smith, Warner, etc are treated like legends! It's a joke

[@speed8106]

So Australia tampered with the ball because they felt South Africa was doing it... what a load of... 🤣🤣🤣

[@architectmarketing2219]

It's rubbish to say it was Warner and Smith's fault. They all were in on it.

[@jeremyreid9582]

… but they are permitted to continue playing cricket today. Pity that Australia does not take cheating as seriously as South Africa. Even though no match was ‘fixed’ they banned their test captain for life. The Australians are just talk … talk in sad nauseating accent.

[@bus5683]

How come they didn’t ban faf for life then he got down for ball tampering twice…. Hypocrite

[@abhishektoshniwal254]

Thanks for the upload dude

[@quintongengan3244]

Camera's don't lie. Aussies where caught out and pass BLAME on opposition

[@freechordsthetruthmarceden8277]

Looking forward to 5-0 in the Ashes next time! 🇬🇧

[@bus5683]

Aged well

[@danie1468]

You get ARROGANT people in life, David is one, you get competetive people like Dale Steyn, period.

[@bmrcoachingacademy8531]

Very interesting how the forgot one person here Cameron Bancroft

[@bmrcoachingacademy8531]

This story aint over the truth will only be told when they all retire

[@DonHomersdonut]

Fast forward to 2023, not much has changed

[@andrewenglish2901]

19 04. They are in south Africa which is a whole lot more volatile than Australia. It was probably best they were heavily guarded.

[@andrewenglish2901]

Warner was the one who was doing it first. But they realised that the camera was on him so he hands it over to Bancroft. But it wasnt intertwined with tape....

[@pauljohnson1776]

It defies belief that no moret han 3 people were aware. Did the bowlers not notice that the ball was altered? Smith and Warner should not be anywhere near a cricket match for life. All the Aussie spin and tears should not hide tne fact that they planned and carried out a deliberate act of cheating. Period. The fact that they were happy to throw Bancroft to the wolves, is also reprehensible.

[@colinpenrose8275]

The umpires inspected the ball and have it back to Australia. At the time I don't think Bancroft had actually used the sandpaper on the ball. But the thought was there and as an Australian I had no issue with them getting lengthy suspensions from the ACB. Your comments about a life ban are funny. Faf duPlessis was found guilty on two occassions and took the fines handed to him rather than appeal and go to a hearing. There's plenty of evidence SA cricket authorities condoned ball tampering and even had the television station in on it by making sure they never put the home team under the microscope. Then we had England who on more than one occassion used their saliva after chewing mints. Marcus Threscothic in his book stated that England had experimented for months to see which mint got the most reverse swing leading up to an Ashes series. A series where some of their seamers where unplayable with reverse swing. That isn't a spur of the moment thing in a break for lunch. On a similar scale was Chris Pringle taking to the ball with a bottle top in a match against Pakistan. Your idea of a life ban for Smith and Warner is absurd when England got an OBE for winning that ashes series and other ball tamperers recieved fines or one or two match suspensions. The ACB gave out deserved punishment. Something that other countries need to do.

[@mrkipling2201]

Using saliva on the ball isn't tampering in my opinion. Using a foreign object brought onto the field for that purpose is. Along with trying to bite the ball or pick the seam with fingernails. Or putting dirt on it. They're all things that I consider ball tampering. Saliva isn't.

[@ChuckwaldMartin]

As a bowler you honestly wouldn't realize, you only look at the side of the ball you are shining and give that a quick shine before you run in. Not a fan of the Aussies and really do not like Hazleweood but its hard to convict him based on the evidence

[@arkabhattacharya3947]

Honestly speaking I have got no sympathy, I remember Steve Smith consulting the dressing room about whether to take a DRS or not in a test match, then this sandpaper gate. They got exactly what they deserved. Heck if we cheat in our school or college exams we get our papers cancelled, you do it again you get suspended and we are literally nobody and these are world class cricketers sitting on top of the food chain. Then when you are so great a man when you cheat you fall hard as well.

[@rahul5349]

can you get the test documentary on here at all? love the cricket content

[@nello5817]

checking it out,i think its called "crossing the line"

[@MxolelanisiMzanywa]

You are right it's called CROSSING THE LINE ​@@nello5817

[@peterjansen3846]

Was there ever a more gentlemanly cricketer than Adam Gilchrist?

[@MrDameza]

Richie Benaud

[@hermangroenewald8751]

So the first 20 minutesd is just everybody making excuses for what the Aussie team did.....wow

[@CallumHarvie]

I felt bad for Bancroft he got thrown under the bus in that press conference by smith and smith and Warner got put back in squad straight away after the ban and Bancroft never got a go again.

[@meraaiki6129]

Also, did you see how Hansie Cronje (rest in peace) was treated in South Africa after his cheating scandal? And he was a most beloved sportstar here. Why should we have treated an Ozzie any different? If there is one country that is even more serious about their sport than the Ozzies, it is us South Africans. The difference between these guys & Hansie is that Hansie took complete accountability. And he appologised sincerely. And by the time of his unexpected passing, he was forgiven by South Africans, respected for how he dealt with his faults & still very much loved.

[@Antvvv]

It really hasn't changed the team still has the same lack of leadership. I look at players like the bowlers who really didn't take any ownership.

[@andrewenglish2901]

So far ive watched 2 minutes. In my opinion Warner was already doing this with all that tape on his has,london to a brick he had sandpaper in that tape

[@difdaf436]

Watching this in 2025. Warner went down as a legand. Smith is smashing it and lived by everyone again.. all has been forgiven and we have all moved on.. Smith will go down as one of our top 5 batsman ever!

[@bkkp5468]

It is not forgotten. Outside of Australia everyone hates that Australian team that cheated. Smith should be reminded by the opposition team and the crowd every time he plays. He should have received a lifetime ban alongside every player in that team.

[@leerethus4754]

Smith is a cheat and all ways will be

[@alexlanning712]

At least they were punished in Australia,and they were contrite,in any other country they probably would have been given a knighthood or a penthouse near the Taj Mahal

[@amar-2]

Bollocks. They were punished in Australia because a politician, the prime minister, got on a soap box. James Sutherland would have been more than happy to give them all full throated support, as he had in years prior. Even Warner's lifetime ban against captaincy has been quietly commuted. That is how it is, no mansions near the Taj Mahal needed.

[@meraaiki6129]

Ah, no surprise. South Africa is always blamed / criticised when the Ozzies perform badly. Regardless of the sport. You still had a choice mate.

[@aledwyn6017]

Suggest and do are two different things

[@preshengovender5554]

Seems like this documentary was made to justify their actions

[@quintongengan3244]

This was not the first time. Certainly not the last.

[@gireeshgprasad7589]

They have an excuse ready for everything.. Might as well get to the point and title this "The rehabilitation of ball tamperers".

[@bigfan2710]

Steve Smith literally sent Cameron Bancroft to the wolves . HIs, "Do you want to explain?" at the presser was the epitome of poor leadership and the antithesis of Aussie mateship , at least in my view.....

[@jonnymac7615]

he should have glued the sandpaper on the inside of his shirt noone would have known anything

[@StephenStafford-r2y]

Disgusting to blame everything on Cameron Bancroft. 3 grubs Warner Smith the cricket selectors.

[@HkFinn83]

Cricket should be competitive to an extent, but when it gets like that series, with players openly verbally abusing each other and getting into physical confrontations, it’s gone way too far. Lehman takes a lot of the blame for the spirit of the way that team was playing the game. Also while at least there was some contrition, Bancroft was sacrificed for other, senior players. Including all the bowlers in that team.

[@mrkipling2201]

I’m an England fan and even I thought it was too harsh. The punishments. Should have got about a 3rd of what they actually got.The bit with them walking through the airport reminded me of Ben Johnson being escorted through the airport after testing positive for drugs at the 1988 Olympic Games.

[@roshanariyaratnam8225]

The whole thing was a poorly covered up farce and I think 3 guys paid ultimately too high a price for the poor behaviour and antics of both teams. For warner and smith, this may have added time onto the end of their careers. Unfortunately, for Bancroft after all this, he hasn't quite found the same kind of form and he may never represent Australia again, which is a shame.

[@mrkipling2201]

@@roshanariyaratnam8225 I think Bancroft’s biggest mistake afterwards was the interview he gave that wasn’t very complimentary to the people involved.

[@jeff-gj6en]

They were happy to take their punishment so long as everyone would pretend this was the only time they tampered with the ball.

[@MadRS]

Like the Australian psyche we expect our cricket team to play hard but fair. Australia grew from the mindset of everyone working hard but having a fair go. i think Steve Smith's downfall was that he isn't a born leader. He listened to everyone and would normally go along with what everyone thought rather than "This is what we are going to do". He should of pulled Warner aside and told him to pull his head in and not tarnish the badge that is on his chest but no, he turned a blind eye and accepted that Warner was going to do whatever he wanted to do. Warner was a coward for telling Cameron that he had to do the deed. Don't get me wrong Cameron should of refused but at the time the "boys" club had a lot of pull. For me Warner should of been marched out of the team, Smith got a fair punishment in being suspended and losing the Captaincy and Cameron was treated fairly too. Smith and Cameron showed true remorse for what they did and it's obvious that Warner was told to bring on the tears.

[@sandilemfeka4658]

Where is accountability?

[@MrDeeporaj]

Your channel is awesome for us cricket fans...Keep it up

[@WalterWhite-sm2dr]

1:20. About damaging a Brand.. not the ball

[@danie1468]

Smith and Warner should have been banned from INTERNATIONAL CRICKET for life.

[@andrewenglish2901]

20.00. Smith our captain pretending he doesn't know whats going on.

[@robertmason6366]

The whole team were behind it and as much as I think warner is a nob he should never have been left to take the whole rap

[@ervinstewart8222]

Same thing I said from day one,it's all be plan by the whole team and stuff

[@Wally-H]

I guess he took one for the team. If they'd all fessed up they would have all been banned and the Aussies wouldn't have had a competitive test side for years.

[@alexisc4922]

As a result his career was 'extended'

[@andrewenglish2901]

My point is...if your going to take a black and decker sander out on to the field,put it in the man hole helmets etc go in...cover the extension cord up that goes back to the dressing room! If you dont and get caught, dont give us these quivering excuses..

[@Chris-wj8fz]

I went to a posh boys GPS private school Presbyterian Methodist and our principal was ex all black forward who caned young men every day Our sport was coached on anti catholic lines arrogance fierce competition in rugby cricket rowing swimming and track In the 60s this was Australian ethos whether in schools or open and I am ashamed of seeing the grovelling we put them through

[@aajjaayyuk]

The whole team was involved. Australia smartly played it.

[@bkkp5468]

The whole team from that match should have been given lifetime bans.

[@victorpeirce4753]

They really made a mountain out of a molehill. So many other teams have been caught ball tampering and only missed a few games. Because it was Australia,they wanted to set a precedent that if you get caught ball tampering, you will get punished hard. Steve Smith was genuinely crying in his interview, whilst David Warner had fake crocodile tears. You could tell it affected Smith a lot more. It was so obvious to see that. Warner has small man syndrome and a chip on his shoulder. It was great to see Smith come back, and just recently scored 2 centuries against India in the BGT. Im glad Warner has retired. Even in his retirement he was selfish and had to do it on his terms. Warner is definitely not a team player. He's all about himself. Me, me, me. 💯%

[@Movietv2914]

That' why smith and warner never sledge Virat 😂😂😂😂😂😂 they know very well that they will also get the taste of their medicine 😅😅😅😅😅

[@samueltaylor9078]

I just don't buy that bringing sandpaper onto the ground was a result of the tension from the previous test. I think that our team had been cheating for a while. Surely there are a few steps between not tampering and doing it as brazenly as they did. To be completely honest, the story from Warner's manager sounds more credible than what we were fed by CA. I lost interest in the game for a little while. I started to get it back then, the players outed JL and appointed their own coach. I think the Australian cricket team is entitled and our local media perpetuate this. I went to the boxing day test sonewhat reluctantly as one of my South African mates wanted to go. Fortunately i rediscovered my love for the game without liking our cricket team. I observe cricket as a neutral supporter who enjoys watching good cricket above anything else. I appreciate what both sides bring to the match.

[@aajjaayyuk]

The whole team and management were involved in this cheat.

[@ducati916SPS]

Australia....its always Australia 😂😂

[@Wally-H]

They all cheat - Pakistan players were gouging the ball to make it reverse swing back in the 90's, England skipper Mike Atherton was once caught on TV using what looked like dirt in his pocket to rough up the ball. The only real difference is that the Aussies got caught at it in an age where multiple high-definition cameras pick up every little thing that the players are doing out there during a day's play.

[@nsh1772]

It's always Australia winning everything

[@ramsfan1st43]

@@nsh1772 so, you missed the RWC, did ya? Poor buggers flopped in the group stage. For a Southern Hemisphere team...just...wow. That's some weak sh.t right there.

[@iamhugeandsquare]

@@ramsfan1st43who gives a shit about rugby

[@ramsfan1st43]

standard answer if you suck at it...

[@KoalaEarsOz]

Still shamed by those two..Steve Smith karma you out for nothing awaiting your legacy. It's character that counts not runs...

[@karanprabhune6887]

Is this documented to defend their actions? Literally everything is captured in the field and u cannot accuse South Africa of tampering unless proven

[@bus5683]

Hahaha yeh South Africa are saints when it comes to cheating and spirit of the game, just look at two of there most outstanding past captains in Faf and cronje. Also considering those commentators were at the ground watching that series you don’t recon they would have a fair idea?

[@leerethus4754]

The penalty was not harsh enough. Should have been life no room for cheating in sport. Great way to teach the kids you can cheat and get away with it. Shame on you Australia.

[@NeilvnWyk]

What a load of BS. All of a sudden the aussies were under pressure cause SA was tampering with the ball. There's always extra movement in Durban due to it being close to the beach where the air is thicker. Please man dont come with this stupid narrative. The Aussie coaching staff came with ill intentions.

[@MidnightPursuit]

I love how people use some convenient David Warner hard luck backstory as an excuse…he grew up on the mean streets of Sydney…give me a break…go to south central LA and then come back and try and say Sydney is rough

[@andrewenglish2901]

7.47. Steve Smith is the same now as he ever was. Hes selfish (incessant glove changes),hes never out(the pitch,umpire,etc),sightscreen(a person moved in the next suberb)...

[@markrobinson1369]

Same old Aussies

[@iamhugeandsquare]

Always winning

[@alexg3455]

Is that you, Slobbo?

[@mrkipling2201]

Rabada does that a lot. Shouts at the batsman after taking his wicket.

[@michaelx3419]

Because he takes lots and lots of wickets. He takes his demerits like a man. Cry more.

[@mrkipling2201]

​@@michaelx3419I'm not crying at all. I couldn't care less tbh. It was just an observation. He's never really done it against my team, England.

[@cornelcarelse7613]

​​@@mrkipling2201he dishes it out as he receives them, it's the fire up on it...both James and broad have done it, don't be so naive

[@mrkipling2201]

@cornelcarelse7613 I don't mind if he does it. As long as he doesn't get in trouble again, as that's only going to cost his team.

[@mrajaram7676]

But Steve Smith was in prime form 😂 to be frank

[@craigsealy4294]

You would think it would at least be white not yellow lol

[@bartbug1]

Absolute embarrassing and disgusting. .

[@jamesmilka9174]

What's so embarrassing about the 4 finger thing? Craddock is a drama queen

[@abhinavchaudhary6342]

Shahid Afridi.. ultra legend 😂😂

[@nello5817]

The dude was chewing the whole ball

[@andrewenglish2901]

6.06 um it suited Australians to have Warner being such a aggressive, unsportsmanlike grub? Rubbish

[@midnytevega2777]

What's with the sympathy mongering for smith and warner? What was Lehman's role in this? Please don't attempt to convince me that he knew nothing of this. Im a huge fan of steve smith and the punishment they received was less than what they should have gotten.

[@andrewenglish2901]

20.20. Bancroft dosent know any better???

[@jamesloader3392]

You can dress it up how you like. These guys cheated… they knew right from wrong and they chose to cheat. It’s as simple as that. It’s in the Aussie DNA. The fact they were allowed back into test cricket makes a mockery of the game. What sort of role models and examples are they for kids.

[@aurionblackfyre8480]

I atill highly doubt all the players didnt know and evdn now they've lost all respect from me except for bancroft who got shoved under the bus

[@hiteshthacker5914]

Smith and Warner still got to play for the team….Bancroft was made the scapegoat….both of smith and Warner are a shame to the game…..they still played …:which is a shame….Cricket Australia 😢 just let the whole cricket community to shame …good job cheats

[@Ehm593]

Smith still playing, Warner playing till he wanted to go, and Bancroft taking the full rap - no, the Aussies protected and even rewarded their cheaters. I don’t watch Aussie cricket anymore. Won’t support cheaters.

[@joeboer6145]

Worst documentary on this scandal. Interviewing people who thrying to justify that the culprits were the victims

[@Richard-d1y]

Evil. Pure evil.

[@Chris-wj8fz]

100% support for Smith Warner and Bancroft. CA behaved really badly against these players and had a role to back them against ICC not pile on penalties Our culture requires mateship etc diggers etc who had to win a war without rules of battle being clear War is ugly sport is ugly be real!!!! What is cheating? Drugs? Betting scams but David Warner would make a better PM than Cummins Aussie values are what they are so own it!!! Arrogant aggressive never take a backward step when bullied.CA failed to take responsibility for our way of playing sport 😂

[@bus5683]

I laugh at the many people who are here in the comments calling Aussies cheats saying that had been getting away with it for years, Australian is a disgrace yadda yadda yadda, facts are they cheated, well like no shit, was it a disgrace yes, as a passionate CA fan was i angry and embarrassed of course, but for English South African Indian ect ect fans to get on the high horse and call us cheats have a look in your own back yard, at some stage in your history you’ll find instances of cheating or not in the spirit of the game moments but you’ll never mention that because your hypocrites and you want to take it out on Australian because they win all the time.

[@kraaidievoel]

😀😀😀it is south africa fault

[@VNVVPKG]

Steve smith always does stupid things and say brain fade or cry 😂

[@JohnDowning-j7j]

Warner and smith, were both great performers, but gutless womders. Bancroft shouldhave got 2 years ban. The other 2 being leaders in aus team should got life ban.

[@user-zo8js6ig6z]

Still cheating, winning by any means sadly.

[@michaelx3419]

I’ve never liked the Aussies. We’re raised to despise them in South Africa. But at Lord’s, that was not cheating. You Poms are like children.

[@johnmcmanus6909]

Hahahaha hahahaha! Hypocritical pommie bastards

[@bus5683]

Care to explain?

[@eyecontrol4900]

@@bus5683 he was pissed about the JB runout, seeing as his comment was posted 5months ago while the ashes was still on.

[@bus5683]

@@eyecontrol4900 so a stumping is cheating ?

[@1362pc]

Compare one hour of insanity to a whole series of Murray Mints by the poms in 2005...

[@DonHomersdonut]

Ah whataboutism at its finest

[@jacobburtonswfc]

No video proof, Australia were probably doing this for years

[@simonwhiting6929]

You’re not seriously suggesting that “sandpaper gate” was just an hour of insanity. To argue that you have to believe that this was the first and only time this group of players did anything like this… you just have to watch this team in the years leading up to sandpaper gate to know that this is not the case. Even this Aussie documentary admits they played with no respect for their opponents or the game. The win at all costs mentality finally caught up with Australia…

[@DonHomersdonut]

@@simonwhiting6929 spot on. And the idea that only the Three Musketeers knew about it. The bowlers (who it directly benefited) and Lehman had no idea it was going on. Same old Aussies……..

[@bus5683]

@@DonHomersdonutsame old Aussies always winning ? Another World Cup and a test championships it’s gettin borin

[@aajjaayyuk]

After this scam of cheating came into light, England also raised questions on unnatural swings of the ball when they played against australia.

[@JohnDunbar-n3v]

Underarm bowling. sledging and sandpaper is there no depths to which Australia will go to win. No wonder they are called the team from down under.

[@MyPaddy2011]

It's simple really. One massively inept management and a squad of overpaid woke supremacists, who think because they can play cricket, it qualifies them to educate me how I should think. Solution: Always go to the paymaster. Ask people like me why I don't bother to go to the cricket anymore and implement suggested changes. I don't appreciate false advertising. When I pay for a ticket to watch the cricket, I do not sign up for optional extras, when I have had no advanced warning. Too late for me to change my opinion now but in 20 years time, people may once again, be able to go to the cricket and not come away feeling patronized and guilty. I hope they survive financially and can draw a crowd again but 10000 at a T20 match does not augur well. Nor does 2000 at the official opening of the cricket season on day one of the first test against the Windies, on home soil. Let's see, shall we!

[@jeff-gj6en]

Chill out bro

[@MyPaddy2011]

@@jeff-gj6en I'll take my example from CA

[@himeisfred]

‘Woke’ ?

[@PiyushKavish]

Aus the cheats

[@paulpereira2832]

Whitewash.

[@dougbruce1555]

These commentators are biased

[@stevesalkas9128]

Take 100 wicket of Lillie wasim jmran khan fingernail open the seam up in 80s

[@Soubhik12345.]

Utterly stupid decision by CA.Ball tampering should be legalized in my opinion. Bowlers need some assistance in a cricket match.

[@Wally-H]

Good idea - maybe fast bowlers could be allowed to have an electric sander sitting down by the boundary, so they can give the ball a good buffing between overs 🤣

[@ashpikachu1647]

😂😂😂😂😂😂​@@Wally-H

[@GeorgeHenderson-x5y]

Alot of fake cry wtf

[@quintongengan3244]

This was not the first time. Certainly not the last.