The rapid team collapse was head-spinning news not only in Australia but also among worldwide fans of cricket, a sport that arrogates to itself a particular moral sanctimony. The ball-scuffing scandal dominated the home page of the website of the International Cricket Council, the sport’s 105-member global governing body. Mr. Smith and his teammates are hardly the first to have engaged in ball-tampering, and in many other cases, the penalties and shaming have not been so severe. Newsletter Sign Up Continue reading the main story Please verify you're not a robot by clicking the box. “Sit it out, come back completely remorseful, saying you’re going to be an exemplar for good sportsmanship from this point on, O.K.

Source: New York Times March 29, 2018 17:53 UTC