Australia ball-tampering scandal is a brew of dishonesty, hypocrisy, public fervour and tarnished pride that has inadvertently proved the Spirit of Cricket is still alive
They say one of the early signs of a tsunami is the distant roar of the coming water. And maybe Steve Smith began to understand what was about to hit him when he heard the murmurs of disbelief during his confessional press conference on Saturday as he tried to sweep away his cheating with some po-faced platitudes about pride and integrity, and a promise he wouldn’t let it happen again.
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