One eyed pirate
Ward Prentice (10)
We are acknowledged as the worst sledgers around but have kept arguing that we just play the game hard but we play it fair.
They have been caught rubbing a foreign object on the ball and that it was premeditated. Certainly the initial reaction was based on the seeming admission that potentially the 5 most senior players in the team had come up with the plan during a break and then tried to get the newest player in the team to carry it out. It does seem that it wasn't all of those people involved and could come out that it was actually just Warner and Bancroft.
This team has gradually made themselves more and more dislikeable with the way they behave and now this has happened. Many fans and commentators have been unhappy with the direction of the culture of this team and now that they have openly cheated it is the final straw.
I also think people see a very substantial distinction between throwing the ball in on the bounce on the square and thinking that certain lollies give your saliva a different characteristic compared with bringing a foreign object onto the field that you intend to scratch the ball with.
They stuffed up and should be charged with ball tampering. Atherton, Faf, philander, Afridi...all pre meditated....and many of their team mates were undoubtedly aware of what was going on. My point is, CA’s, the Australian public and media are blowing this out of proportion and certainly making more of it than South Africa, England and Pakistan would. In fact when Philander and Faf got charged, there countries stood in support and certainly did not talk resignations and bans. Australian tall poppy syndrome?
My point