Sorry but for me there's no difference in the Australian crisis and the Pakistani match fixing crisis of 2010.
Just at Butt twisted Amir's arm into bowling no balls. Here Smith/Warner etc twisted Bancroft into tampering with the ball. Bancroft comes across as quite immature and not very intelligent so probably went along as to get in with Smith/Warner leadership group.
Smith merits an extended ban from all cricket maybe 12-24 months. Warner probably similar. Lehmann life ban if he actually fronts up and speaks to the media. Bancroft maybe a shorter ban 6 months.
A little slap on the wrist isn't going to be a deterrent
I don't think match fixing or rather the deliberate bowling of no balls in 2010 and tampering with the ball which is far more common is comparable in terms of how serious the two 'offences' are but
You make a very good comparison with Amir and Bancroft. I see exactly the same senario here too with a junior member of the team being made/persuaded to do the deed. We saw Brancroft in the interview say he was 'very nervous about doing it' but 'heard it talked about by the senior group '.
The pre planned nature of this is perhaps why this has really kicked off. Today we found out Sutherland has spoken to Smith before about the team behaviour.
International sports stars most of the time have the backing of the average fan, we all want our National team to do well.
It seems this team , and I'm not the least bit surprised, is not popular in Australia, and that's what CA will know very well.
I don't think myself Lehamnn,Smith and Warner and the rest of the group will get away with it because of the pre planned nature of it and chucking a newbie under the bus.
Cricket Australia seem in the mood to had our decent bans and clean up a bit.
Jason Gillespie has written a good article in the Guardian today,he is not a rose tinted ex player, it's worth a read.
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