There is a simple alternative to using saliva on the ball
May 28, 2020
| Comment
Cricket is poorer without the art of swing, and it's worth the experiment to preserve it, in times of Covid-19 and beyond
Players are barred, by Law 42.3, from rubbing the ball on the ground, interfering with its seam or surface, or using any implement that can alter the condition of the ball to thereby gain unfair advantage. There have been plenty of ugly incidents centring on accusations of ball-tampering through cricket's history: the John Lever "Vaseline" affair in 1976-77; the times England and New Zealand accused Pakistan of it in the early 1990s; Michael Atherton's admission that he used dirt to treat the ball against South Africa in 1994; and perhaps most infamously, the Oval Test of 2006 when Pakistan forfeited the match because they were accused of having tampered with the ball.
May 28, 2020
| Comment
Cricket is poorer without the art of swing, and it's worth the experiment to preserve it, in times of Covid-19 and beyond
May 10, 2020
| Ian Chappell
It's the ideal time for administrators to redress the imbalance between bat and ball
Steve Waugh exclusive
Oct 28, 2018 Former Australia captain Steve Waugh believes the previous lack of stringent punishments for ball-tampering manifested itself in things getting "out of control"
Steve Waugh exclusive
Oct 26, 2018
| Interviews
Steve Waugh discusses Australia's cricket culture and the impact made on it by the sandpaper controversy
Australia news
Aug 7, 2018
| Press Conference
The MCC Cricket Council give its take on the Australian ball-tampering scandal, with Ricky Ponting expanding on the sanctions too
ICC news
Jun 19, 2018 The Sri Lanka captain has received two suspension points and fined 100% of his match fee
Sri Lanka tour of West Indies 2018-19
Jun 19, 2018 How the St Lucia episode is far different to the punishments and public backlash in Australia in the aftermath of the ball tampering row
Australia news
Jun 18, 2018 The fast bowler, who is currently recovering from injury, also admitted the scale of the controversy took the players by surprise
ICC news
Jun 17, 2018 Sri Lanka captain Dinesh Chandimal has escaped a more severe ball-tampering charge because the ICC is yet to approve newly-modified sanctions for the offence
West Indies v Sri Lanka, 2nd Test, Gros Islet, 4th day
Jun 17, 2018 By not pleading guilty to the charge laid by the ICC, Chandimal will attend a hearing by match referee Javagal Srinath after the conclusion of the Test