Recently we have seen 3 Australian cricketers got banned due to ball tampering allegation but that's not the first time we have seen such kind of uncouth thing in the game of cricket.There have been a number of instances of alleged ball tampering before:
1.Micheal Atherton in 1994
In 1994 Micheal Atherton was first accused of ball tampering during test match against south africa in Lord's after he was caught rubbing a substance(dirt) on the ball. He denied claiming that he has dirt in his pocket in order to dry his hand. But regardless of his claims he was fined.
2. Sachin Tendulkar in 2001
Yes,you read that right even the "god" Sachin tendulkar was suspended for one game due to alleged ball tampring. In 2001 tour of South Africa Sachin was caught rubbing his nails over the seam of the ball though tendulkar claimed that he was only removing the piece of grass that was stuck on the ball.
But later he was cleared of all the charges by ICC.
3.England cricket team in 2005
Marcus Trescothick used mints to keep the shinning of the ball to make the ball swing for longer period of time. He even admitted this in his autobiography "Coming back to me".
4.Pakistan cricket team in 2006
In 2006 on 4th day of a test match between England and Pakistan the umpires Darrell Hair and Billy Doctrove believed that Pakistan has intended to tamper the ball because of which they gave 5 extra runs to England as a penalty and new ball was taken then and there.The play continued till tea without any protest from Pakistani team.After the break the Pakistan team has agreed among themselves that no tampering has been done from their side and then they refused to go back to the field after 15 minute the umpires warned Inzamaam ul haq and whole pakistan team but pakistani players were determined not to go back due to which umpires have awrded the win to England by saying that Pakistan has forfeited that match by refusing to play.
5. Stuart Broad and James Anderson in 2010
In 2010 when England went to the tour of South Africa two of the England's best bowlers were accused of tampering the ball by rubbing the ball on the ground with their spikes though no charges were placed by hte South Africa team against them.
6. Shahid Afridi in 2010
Shahid Afridi who was the captain of Pakistan team during the tour of Australia in 2010 was accused of ball tampering when he was caught biting the ball really hard in order to adjust the seam. He received a 2 match ban for this. He told to Hindustan times that he was only smelling the ball but later apologised for the incident.
7. Faf Du Plesis in 2013
During the second test in Dubai against Pakistan Faf was caught by the cameras scuffing the ball by the zip of his trouser. Considering this, the umpires awarded extra 5 runs to the Pakistan. Du Plesis was fined for about 50% of the match fee. After the incident the captain of South Africa Graeme Smith denied their participation in any kind of cheating in the match and South Africa easily won the match by an innings leveling the series 1-1.
8.South Africa in 2014
For the second time in 12 months South Africa was under speculations of alleged ball tampering when their medium pace bowler Vernon Philander was accused of tampering the ball against Sri Lanka on 3rd day of Galle test.Philander was found scratching the ball with his thumb. He was fined 75% of his match fee.
Later after this David Warner comes into action and commented that South African Players like to do a lot of mischievous things with the ball like throwing the ball on the ground on return throws during fielding and wiping the ball from every side. These comments made him pay 15% of his match fee under ICC code of conduct breach.
9.Australia vs South Africa 2018
Now comes the latest incident that happened. On 24th March Australian Player Cameron Bancroft was charged with ball tampering when video showed him rubbing the ball with a tiny yellow sand paper.When asked from Steve Smith about this he accepted that he was aware that Bancroft was tampering the ball and it was well planned. The next day itself Smith as well as David Warner (Vice-Captain) stood down from the leadership but continued to play on under captaincy of Tim Paine.
ICC banned steve smith for a match and fined him and bancroft 100% and 75% of the match fee respectively.
On 27th March 2018 sutherland announced that as a result of their investigation all 3 players had bought the game into disrepute and will be suspended.Later Smith and Warner received a 12 month ban from cricket while Bancroft received a nine month ban from all forms of the game.
2. Sachin Tendulkar in 2001
Yes,you read that right even the "god" Sachin tendulkar was suspended for one game due to alleged ball tampring. In 2001 tour of South Africa Sachin was caught rubbing his nails over the seam of the ball though tendulkar claimed that he was only removing the piece of grass that was stuck on the ball.
But later he was cleared of all the charges by ICC.
3.England cricket team in 2005
Marcus Trescothick used mints to keep the shinning of the ball to make the ball swing for longer period of time. He even admitted this in his autobiography "Coming back to me".
4.Pakistan cricket team in 2006
In 2006 on 4th day of a test match between England and Pakistan the umpires Darrell Hair and Billy Doctrove believed that Pakistan has intended to tamper the ball because of which they gave 5 extra runs to England as a penalty and new ball was taken then and there.The play continued till tea without any protest from Pakistani team.After the break the Pakistan team has agreed among themselves that no tampering has been done from their side and then they refused to go back to the field after 15 minute the umpires warned Inzamaam ul haq and whole pakistan team but pakistani players were determined not to go back due to which umpires have awrded the win to England by saying that Pakistan has forfeited that match by refusing to play.
5. Stuart Broad and James Anderson in 2010
In 2010 when England went to the tour of South Africa two of the England's best bowlers were accused of tampering the ball by rubbing the ball on the ground with their spikes though no charges were placed by hte South Africa team against them.
6. Shahid Afridi in 2010
Shahid Afridi who was the captain of Pakistan team during the tour of Australia in 2010 was accused of ball tampering when he was caught biting the ball really hard in order to adjust the seam. He received a 2 match ban for this. He told to Hindustan times that he was only smelling the ball but later apologised for the incident.
7. Faf Du Plesis in 2013
During the second test in Dubai against Pakistan Faf was caught by the cameras scuffing the ball by the zip of his trouser. Considering this, the umpires awarded extra 5 runs to the Pakistan. Du Plesis was fined for about 50% of the match fee. After the incident the captain of South Africa Graeme Smith denied their participation in any kind of cheating in the match and South Africa easily won the match by an innings leveling the series 1-1.
8.South Africa in 2014
For the second time in 12 months South Africa was under speculations of alleged ball tampering when their medium pace bowler Vernon Philander was accused of tampering the ball against Sri Lanka on 3rd day of Galle test.Philander was found scratching the ball with his thumb. He was fined 75% of his match fee.
Later after this David Warner comes into action and commented that South African Players like to do a lot of mischievous things with the ball like throwing the ball on the ground on return throws during fielding and wiping the ball from every side. These comments made him pay 15% of his match fee under ICC code of conduct breach.
9.Australia vs South Africa 2018
Now comes the latest incident that happened. On 24th March Australian Player Cameron Bancroft was charged with ball tampering when video showed him rubbing the ball with a tiny yellow sand paper.When asked from Steve Smith about this he accepted that he was aware that Bancroft was tampering the ball and it was well planned. The next day itself Smith as well as David Warner (Vice-Captain) stood down from the leadership but continued to play on under captaincy of Tim Paine.
ICC banned steve smith for a match and fined him and bancroft 100% and 75% of the match fee respectively.
On 27th March 2018 sutherland announced that as a result of their investigation all 3 players had bought the game into disrepute and will be suspended.Later Smith and Warner received a 12 month ban from cricket while Bancroft received a nine month ban from all forms of the game.
