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Michael Clarke Shares His Thoughts on Ball-tampering Incident

Australiau2019s ball-tampering scandal all of a sudden took a centre stage since when Cameron Bancroft revealed in a recent interview that rather than the three (Bancroft, David Warner and Steve Smith), they were others too who knew about that as well.

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Michael Clarke Shares His Thoughts on Ball-tampering Incident

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  1. Michael Clarke Shares His Thoughts on Ball-tampering Incident Australia’s ball-tampering scandal all of a sudden took a centre stage since when Cameron Bancroft revealed in a recent interview that rather than the three (Bancroft, David Warner and Steve Smith), they were others too who knew about that as well. Since then, everyone - be it cricket experts or former cricketers have started sharing their thoughts and former Australia captain Michael Clarke is no different. He revealed that it is not at all a surprise that more than three people knew about the infamous ball- tampering scandal. However, his comments came as Cricket Australia (CA) on Saturday announced that they are ready to reinvestigate the ‘Sandpaper Gate’ case if there is anyone who has knew more about the incident. Meanwhile, the board’s announcement came after the opener Cameron Bancroft has given the hint of the ‘Sandpaper Gate’ incident that happened in 2018 in the Cape Town Test between Australia and South Africa.

  2. While speaking on Sky Sports’ Big Sports Breakfast, Clarke said: “They’ve got to hold the ball to bowl with it. I can tell you now if you went and grabbed a pen, just a pen and put a little ‘1’ somewhere on my cricket bat; on top of the handle, on the edge of the bat, on the toe of the bat, on the face, under the grip, anywhere, just a little number one, I would have noticed. If you are playing sport at the highest level you know your tools that good it’s not funny. Can you imagine that the ball being thrown back to the bowler and the bowler not knows about it? Please,” he added. Michael Clarke further added: “What’s the surprise? That more than three people knew? I don’t think anybody who has played the game of cricket or knows a little bit about cricket would know that in a team like that, at the highest level, when the ball is such an important part of the game. I don’t think anybody is surprised that more than three people knew about it.” It is also noteworthy that, Bancroft was trying to change the condition of the ball using sandpaper during the game and he eventually caught on camera while doing so during the Test match against South Africa in Cape Town. However, the incident was labeled as the ‘Sandpaper Gate’ and considered as one of the darkest incidents in the history of Australian cricket as well. Follow CricadiumStats, Latest Cricket News, Live Cricket Scoreand Today Match Prediction Stay updated Indian cricket team with all the cricketing roster, records, history & action.

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