Mampara of the week: Steve Smith
01 April 2018 - 00:00
Ned Kellys of the cricket pitch
South Africa's pay-TV channel that broadcasts cricket has more than 20 cameras at a venue. If you tamper with the ball, you will get caught.
Clearly Australia's ball-tampering trio of Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft were not aware of this when they decided on their nefarious act.
There's a place for sandpaper and that's in the dressing of the willow, not on the field with leather. What were you thinking, Steve?
What pushed you down Satan's lane to play along with a ball-tampering suggestion when the game was delicately balanced?
Well, you troublesome trio have a year to think about your collective "brain-fade".
You're a bunch of mamparas for desecrating the gentlemen's game. Take that, mate...
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