The veteran English fast bowler, Stuart Broad has said that it would be interesting to see if David Warner decides to write an autobiography and if he includes the ball-tampering episode from 2018 in it once he stops playing cricket. Ever since Cameron Bancroft revealed that even teh bowlers were aware of the ball-tampering plans during the Cape Town Test against South Africa in 2018, the scandal has come into the limelight once again.
As per the quotes in ESPNCricinfo, Stuart Broad said, “Reverse swing with the red ball can be affected by so many different things. So as an England team, we are aware if we’re trying to get the ball reversing every player has to buy into that or it will stop it. There’s no doubt the Aussies would have been hoping this episode was signed sealed and delivered.”
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He further added, “I can’t see it still being a conversation when the Ashes start in November, December, but I can see it being sung in the Barmy Army stands if they’re allowed. I have seen a couple of comments from David Warner’s agent, too, and I think it will be an interesting time when he stops playing for Australia and writes a book.”
Cricket Australia’s (CA) Integrity Team has contacted Bancroft to see if he has more information to give on the issue. Sources within Cricket Australia confirmed to ANI that the Integrity Team is they are waiting to hear from Bancroft, who is playing county cricket in Durham and he hearlier said it was ”probably self-explanatory” whether the bowlers were aware that the ball was being tampered with.
As per the quotes in ESPNCricinfo, during an interview with the Guardian interviewer Donald McRae, Bancrofth had said, “Yeah, look, all I wanted to do was to be responsible and accountable for my own actions and part. Yeah, obviously what I did benefits bowlers, and the awareness around that, probably, is self-explanatory. I guess one thing I learnt through the journey and being responsible is that’s where the buck stops [with Bancroft himself].”
When he was further pressed on whether any of his teammates knew about the ball-tampering plan, Bancroft replied: “Uh… yeah, look, I think, yeah, I think it’s pretty probably self-explanatory.”
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In March 2018, Cameron Bancroft was caught on camera holding a sandpaper and trying to change the condition of the ball using it in a Test match against South Africa in Cape Town. The incident later went on to be labelled as the ”Sandpapergate” and is considered as one of the darkest moments in the history of Australian cricket.
