Smith's Crew in SA

[Bear]

Good question Flyboy.

For Smith I think it will be something like:

- stripped of captaincy
- stand down without pay for 6 mths... don’t play IPL if possible.
- Smith fronts the media in Australia, cops everything on the chin and apologises.

Everyone makes mistakes, other cricketers have done worse (e.g rebel tours of Sth Africa in the 80’s) and been able to play again.

[laj]

Leaving aside Captaincy - and the bloke will never Captain his country again, ditto Warner; what is the right length of suspension (from playing) for all involved?

3 months, 6 months, 1 year?

A Test and a fine like everyone else in history who have been caught ball tampering. Maybe stripped of the captaincy too. His opposite number Du Plessis is still captaining his side after being caught twice ball tampering. He got fined twice, that was it.

[madbluboy]

Why are our players held to different standards? The penalty should be a slap on the wrist and move on like everyone else.

[Jack Burton]

I agree with this, nothing to see here, move along

[Lods]

Rightly or wrongly it's part of our make-up.

We hold our sportsman to a higher standard.
Other folks cheat...that's bad.
We cheat, that's devastating.
...and for many unacceptable.
That's why we're seeing the response.

[Jack Burton]

Agree, and I fully expect us to shoot ourselves in the foot in the next couple of days

[cookie2]

Rightly or wrongly it's part of our make-up.

We hold our sportsman to a higher standard.
Other folks cheat...that's bad.
We cheat, that's devastating.
...and for many unacceptable.
That's why we're seeing the response.

Nothing wrong with that Lods.

[ElwoodBlues1]

Rightly or wrongly it's part of our make-up.

We hold our sportsman to a higher standard.
Other folks cheat...that's bad.
We cheat, that's devastating.
...and for many unacceptable.
That's why we're seeing the response.

We were dumb and stupid how we cheated, what we did is laughable compared to sucking a mintie and using that saliva or rubbing sunscreen on the ball.....Lehman trying to signal the players they had been caught...please...
Does it get any worse, the level of embarrassment make its worse because we so pathetic at cheating and so obvious.....Bancroft wouldnt be able to dodge a fruit fly inspector, he would probably have a banana sticking out of his pocket he is that dopey...

[Gointocarlton]

Why are our players held to different standards? The penalty should be a slap on the wrist and move on like everyone else.

Because us Aussies are the most vocal when others cheat, yet when ours do, it’s a “nothing to see here“ attitude. Can’t pick and choose when to to take the moral high ground.

[maxm68]

Other folks cheat...that's bad.
We cheat, that's devastating.
...and for many unacceptable.
That's why we're seeing the response.

SPOT ON

I don't care that other countries players / or captains have done it in the past and only been slapped on the wrist.

For our Australian Cricket Captain do have done this has made me sick in the stomach.  He simply cannot keep the job.