தென்னாபிரிக்கா விரைந்துள்ள Cricket Australia வின் உயர் மட்டக் குழுவினர் தமது விசாரணைகளை ஆரம்பித்துள்ளனர். இதேவேளை Cricket Australia வின் chief executive James Sutherland ம் தென்னாபிரிக்கா செல்கிறார். அணியின் தலைவர் Steve Smith இற்கு 24 மணி நேர கெடு விதிக்கப்பட்டிருப்பதாகவும் அதற்குள் அவர் தான் ஏன் தொடர்ந்தும் தலைவராக நீடிக்கவேண்டுமென James Sutherland இடம் நேரடி விளக்கம் அளிக்கவேண்டுமெனவும் தெரிவிக்கப்படுகிறது. இவ்விவகாரம் தொடர்பிலான தனது முடிவுகளையும் விவரங்களையும் நாளைக்காலை மக்களுக்குத் தெரியப்படுத்துமென கிரிக்கெட் ஆஸ்திரேலியா தெரிவித்துள்ளது. தப்புச் செய்த வீரருக்கு வாழ்நாள் தடை விதிக்கக்கூடிய அதிகாரம் Cricket Australia வுக்கு இருக்கிறது. ஆனால் அப்படியான ஒரு கடினமான முடிவினை எந்தவொரு வீரர் மீதும் கே செய்யாதென நம்பப்படுகிறது. கிரிக்கெட் ஆஸ்திரேலியா வின் உயர் மட்டக் குழுவினர் ஆஸ்திரேலியா கிரிக்கெட் அணியினரை தனித்தனியே விசாரித்து வருகின்றனர்.
இதனிடையே IPL கிரிக்கெட் போட்டிகளில் Rajasthan Royals அணியின் தலைமைப் பதவியிலிருந்து Steve Smith விலகியுள்ளதாக அறிவித்துள்ளார். ஆனால் அணியில் தொடர்ந்தும் விளையாடுவார்.
Tampering review starts, CA boss en route
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Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland is travelling to South Africa, where a ball-tampering review threatens to cost Steve Smith the captaincy.
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Steve Smith has approximately 24 hours to show why he deserves to stay on as skipper, with Cricket Australia (CA) chief executive James Sutherland en route to South Africa as his organisation starts to urgently probe the ball-tampering scandal.
CA's integrity chief Iain Roy and team performance manager Pat Howard have landed in Cape Town and started their formal review of Smith's cheating confession that rocked world cricket.
Sutherland, who is under immense pressure to strip Smith of the captaincy, will travel to Johannesburg and meet with Roy and Howard on Tuesday before discussing likely punishments with CA's board.
Warner's vice-captaincy also hangs in the balance, with the opener shaping as another enforced omission for the fourth Test.
Smith has already been slapped with a one-Test ban by the International Cricket Council and will miss the series finale that starts in Johannesburg on Friday.
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The fate of Smith, Warner and Cameron Bancroft is expected to be become clear in the early hours of Wednesday morning (AEDT).
The ICC didn't ban Bancroft, instead punishing his ball-tampering charge with a hefty fine and three demerit points, but CA may not be so forgiving.
Bancroft carried out the plan on Saturday then attempted to hide the evidence from umpires, while Warner was also involved in the initial discussion.
Any player or member of support staff who conspired to use sticky tape in an illegal effort to scuff the ball at Newlands are also likely to be sanctioned.
CA has the power to mete out lifetime bans from the sport but the governing body is unlikely to opt for such an extreme response.
Australian Cricketers' Association (ACA) chief Alistair Nicholson is on deck in Cape Town, where a series of crisis talks are unfolding.
Not since the 'homeworkgate' saga of 2013, when Shane Watson was banned, flew home, copped criticism from Howard then returned to India and became Australia's 44th Test captain, has there been such instability in Australian cricket.
On that occasion, four players were given one-Test suspensions for not completing written feedback to then coach Mickey Arthur.
Now, Smith has admitted he rubber-stamped ball tampering. The fresh-faced leader's moral compass was corrupted by a desperation to win.
Tim Paine, who is set to lead Australia in the fourth Test, says Smith and Bancroft are "struggling" as the full extent of the backlash becomes clear.
"They're not great. It's been a horrible 24 hours, they're struggling but probably the reality and the enormity of what's happened is starting to sink in," Paine said after his team's 322-run loss at Newlands.
"I don't think we all would have expected this to be as big as it has been and particularly the fallout that we have seen from back home."
Paine is expected to formally become Australia's 46th Test captain, having filled in when Smith and Warner stood down from their leadership roles for the rest of the third Test on Sunday.
The Tasmanian wouldn't be drawn on whether Smith and coach Darren Lehmann should continue in their posts.
Paine also wouldn't entertain the prospect of replacing Smith in a full-time capacity.
"There'll be a review this week. I'm not sure what's going to happen," he said.
"I don't think anyone is."
Source: AAP
முந்தைய செய்தி:
ஆஸ்திரேலிய அணித்தலைவருக்கு நிரந்தரத்தடை?
தென்னாபிரிக்காவுடன் நடைபெற்ற சர்ச்சைக்குரிய 3வது டெஸ்ட் கிரிக்கட் போட்டியில் ஆஸ்திரேலியா 322 ஓட்டங்களால் தோல்வியடைந்துள்ளது.
தென்னாபிரிக்காவுடன் நடைபெற்ற சர்ச்சைக்குரிய 3வது டெஸ்ட் கிரிக்கட் போட்டியில் ஆஸ்திரேலியா 322 ஓட்டங்களால் தோல்வியடைந்துள்ளது. அணித்தலைவர் Steve Smith மற்றும் துணைத்தலைவர் David Warner ஆகியோர் சர்ச்சை காரணமாக தமது பதவிகளிலிருந்து விலகிக்கொண்டதையடுத்து, அணியின் விக்கெட் காப்பாளர் Tim Paine தலைமையில் ஆஸ்திரேலியா நேற்று விளையாடியிருந்தது. 107 ஓட்டங்களுக்கு சகல விக்கெட்டுகளையும் இழந்து ஆஸ்திரேலியா 3வது டெஸ்ட் போட்டியில் தோல்வியடைந்து 1 இற்கு 2 என்ற கணக்கில் பின்தங்கியுள்ளது.
இதேவேளை அணித்தலைவர் Steve Smith ஐ, ஒரு டெஸ்ட்டில் விளையாட The International Cricket Council தற்காலிக தடை விதித்துள்ளதுடன் 3வது டெஸ்ட் ஊதியம் முழுவதையும் அபராதமாகச் செலுத்த உத்தரவிட்டுள்ளது. Johannesburg இல் நடைபெறவுள்ள 4வதும் இறுதியுமான டெஸ்ட் போட்டிக்கு விக்கெட் காப்பாளர் Tim Paine தலைமை தாங்குவாரென எதிர்பார்க்கப்படுகிறது.
ICC chief executive David Richardson laid the charge against Smith, describing his conduct as of a "serious nature that is contrary to the spirit of the game".
இதனிடையே பந்தை திட்டமிட்டு 'சேதப்படுத்திய' விவகாரம் தொடர்பில் விசாரணைகளை மேற்கொள்ள Cricket Australia வின் உயர் உத்தியோகத்தர்களான Iain Roy, மற்றும் Pat Howard ஆகியோர் தென்னாப்பிருக்கா விரைந்துள்ளனர். பயிற்சியாளர் Darren Lehmann பந்தை திட்டமிட்டு 'சேதப்படுத்திய' விவகாரம் தொடர்பில் ஏற்கனவே அறிந்திருந்தாரா என்பதுபற்றி உறுதிப்படுத்தப்படவில்லை.
பிரதமர் Malcolm Turnbul, இவ்விவகாரம் பற்றி தெரிவிக்கையில், இதுவொரு பிச்சைக்காரத்தனமான நம்பிக்கை - "beggars belief" என வர்ணித்துள்ளார். அத்துடன் இச்செயல், முழு நாட்டினையுமே தலைகுனிய வைத்துவிட்டதாகத்தெரிவித்த பிரதமர் Cricket Australia வின் தலைவர் David Peever உடன் தான் இதுபற்றி பேசியுள்ளதாகவும், உறுதியான ஒரு நடவடிக்கையினைத் தான் எதிர்பார்த்திருப்பதாகவும் தெரிவித்தார்.
"It seemed completely beyond belief that the Australian cricket team had been involved in cheating. It beggars belief. The whole nation, who holds those who wear the baggy green* up on a pedestal, this is a shocking disappointment. I look forward to Cricket Australia taking decisive action soon."
Steve Smith and David Warner have stood down as leaders for the rest of the third Test over the ball-tampering bombshell, with Tim Paine now leading Australia in Cape Town.
Captain Smith and vice-captain Warner took the field under Paine's leadership at Newlands, where the tourists were booed onto the field as day four started on Sunday.
The board of Cricket Australia (CA) is yet to make a decision on what to do with Smith and Warner, who are both under immense pressure to relinquish their leadership posts.
Cameron Bancroft used tape while working on the ball in the post-lunch session.
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Smith confessed overnight that Australia's leadership group authorised premeditated cheating at Newlands, wanting to use sticky tape in an illegal attempt to change the condition of the ball.
"This Test match needs to proceed, and in the interim we will continue to investigate this matter with the urgency that it demands," CA chief executive James Sutherland said.
Smith travelled to the ground on the team bus on Sunday then sequestered himself from the team.
Smith's 10 ashen-faced teammates all went through their standard pre-play routines on the morning of day four but their leader was nowhere to be seen.
The gifted batsman is likely to be charged by the International Cricket Council but the prospect of more stern punishments loom large.
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"I won't be considering stepping down. I still think I'm the right person for the job," Smith told reporters after day three.
Senior members of the side hatched the idea of using tape, which they hoped would capture debris from the pitch and scuff one side of the ball, at lunch on day three.
Cameron Bancroft used the tape while working on the ball in the post-lunch session then attempted to hide it from umpires. Bancroft has been charged with ball tampering by the match referee.
The ugly episode has prompted an outpouring of shock and condemnation, with the Australian Sports Commission leading calls for Smith and "any other members of the team leadership group or coaching staff who had prior awareness" to be stood down.
Tim Paine will step up to the role of acting captain.
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"I've spoken with David Peever, the chairman of Cricket Australia, a few moments ago and I've expressed to him very clearly and unequivocally my disappointment and my concern," Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said.
CA has dispatched team performance chief Pat Howard and head of integrity Iain Roy to conduct a full investigation of the saga.
"Today was a big mistake," Smith said.
"I take responsibility as the captain. I need to take control of the ship.
"I'm incredibly sorry for trying to bring the game into disrepute the way we did.
"This is certainly something I'm not proud of and something that I can hope to learn from and come back strong from."
The skipper wouldn't divulge the other teammates involved in the discussion. The leadership group has featured Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood in the past.
Smith insisted coaching staff, including Darren Lehmann, were not aware of the premeditated plan and that his side have never tried using tape to scuff the ball before.
Smith, with the exception of a couple of incidents on a spiteful tour of India last year, had enjoyed a squeaky-clean start to his century-laden captaincy.
Source: AAP - SBS
