Former Pakistan opening batsman Aamer Sohail said the recent ball-tampering incident is the big lesson for Pakistan cricket and overall future cricket. While he said that Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) needs to learn how to handle the scandals, world cricket needs to concentrate on the improvements to the game.

Discussing the recent ball-tampering scandal by the Aussie cricketers, Aamer Sohail pointed out that PCB has failed to move on from the scandals and controversies while Cricket Australia’s (CA) action can give a big lesson for them.

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The former PCB chief selector wrote at Pak Passion, “We have a very lenient attitude to such problems and have shown no resolve in handling these problems head-on. If we had put our foot down on numerous occasions in the past, then the embarrassing and damaging scandals that hurt us so much would not have re-occurred and I suppose this is a big lesson for us to learn from the current ball-tampering issue.”

Sohail also wrote that the recent ball-tampering scandal raises some questions over the game. He wrote on that, “There is no doubt that the current ball-tampering scandal has lead to some concerns about the future of the game, but the real question is whether the emphasis on this matter is overblown as I feel that we should be concentrating on improvements to the game, and not on the negative aspects of the game.”

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During the day three of the third Test between the hosts South Africa and Australia at Cape Town, Australian opening batsman Cameron Bancroft tried to change the ball condition by using yellow sandpaper. Australian captain Steven Smith and vice-captain David Warner had the leading role in that incident as Warner was the mastermind of that action while Smith knew about that incident too.

All of them accepted their mistakes while ICC only suspended Smith for one Test only (and also fined Smith and Bancroft for that). After the thorough investigation, CA has suspended Smith and Warner for one year and Bancroft for nine months from the international and domestic cricket.

In the addition, Warner will never be able to lead the national side again, while Smith and Bancroft will have to wait one more year after the end of their suspensions to able for leading the national side once again.

Commenting on the punishments which have been given by CA, Sohail wrote, “The punishments are given, and the public humiliation suffered by Steven Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft in my view is more a reflection of the disgust and disappointment that the Australian nation felt rather than how Cricket Australia handled the situation.”

“The Australians felt embarrassed about the fact that the actions of a few had brought shame to the nation and they acted to put that right by imposing such sanctions. Contrast that attitude with what has happened when such issues have been uncovered in Pakistan. It’s sad to note but the fact is that we are used to such issues and our reactions are proof of that.”