Spit and polish: Faf du Plessis insists he did nothing wrong

27 November 2016 - 02:00
By TELFORD VICE

Should cricket ease the regulations around ball-tampering, or should cricketers ease up on the illicit, but implicitly accepted practice? After everything that has happened in Hobart - where skipper Faf du Plessis used sugary saliva on the ball during the second test - and Adelaide - where he was punished for doing so - the fuss boils down to exactly that.

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