Border claims every side was ball-tampering; says captaincy ban harsh on Warner
Updated On: 25 July, 2022 01:02 PM IST | Melbourne | IANS
"It was a harsh penalty in the first place... let`s get on with it; they`ve served their time," Border said in the report. "I know that every other side`s doing exactly what we were caught doing"
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Australia cricket great Allan Border has thrown his weight behind batting stalwart David Warner, asking Cricket Australia (CA) to lift the lifetime leadership ban imposed on the 35-year-old player for his role in the ball-tampering scandal during the away series against South Africa in 2018.
Three Australia cricketers -- the then-skipper Steve Smith, his deputy Warner and Cameron Bancroft -- were banned from playing international and domestic cricket for varying periods not exceeding a year in the aftermath of the episode, which came to be known as the `sandpaper-gate scandal`.
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