‘It’s improbable how quickly things can change in cricket,’ says Sunrisers Hyderabad’s late pick-up for the 2018 IPLWhen Cameron Bancroft took sandpaper to the ball on the third day in Cape Town, it was not just the spark for a funeral pyre that a seemingly unpopular Australian team had been dousing in gasoline for some time.
Indeed the ripple effect caused by this spot of DIY – one that has seen three hefty bans handed down, and the head coach quit,tears flow like the Wallaman Falls and Australia’s cricket culture become the subject of a review – has spread far, with one beneficiary being an Englishman who, or for all his ability to cudgel a cricket ball,has recently appeared to be at something of a career crossroads.
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Source: guardian.co.uk