Smith's Crew in SA

[mateinone]

I don't care what has happened with other countries, other than it means the ICC response will be minimal, it has to be due to the precedents already set with other cases.

I don't think CA has the balls to sack Boof and Smith, but they should and Warner. Everyone in the leadership group should be sacked. This is not the standard we have for those representing our country and it is a disgrace. Smith was going to (and probably still will) leave a legacy as one of the games best ever bats, but he will also be remembered as a cheat.

I would like to see the ICC change the rules on tampering to see bans ranging from 6 months - 2 years for a 1st offense and life ban for a second offense.

This should be the same as drug cheating, match fixing the works. It is CHEATING pure and simple.

Any argument about others doing it and how prevalent it irrelevant, it is cheating and Smith and Bancroft were well aware how this would play out when caught. The Australian public was never (rightly) going to accept it.

I think the penalties will be embarrassingly light and I think if they try and push much harder they risk a player revolt, but Lehman, Saker should be sacked by CA  and Smith, Warner and any others in the leadership should be removed from being leaders.

CA should then come out and say as part of a code of conduct, any other Australian found guilty of cheating will not be considered for selection to the Australian team for a minimum of 6 months in any form.

These self indulgent, whining bunch of pr!cks have embarrassed the nation