Footage showing South Africa captain Faf du Plessis applying saliva to the ball with a lolly in his mouth is being reviewed by the International Cricket Council to see if he has breached the governing body’s code of conduct. A day after South Africa took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the Test series in Australia by winning in Hobart, footage emerged showing Du Plessis with a white lolly in his mouth, licking his finger before shining the ball. “The ICC has been alerted to the footage and is currently reviewing the incident from the perspective of it being a possible breach of the ICC Code of Conduct,” an ICC spokesman said in a statement. In 2013, Du Plessis was fined 50 percent of his match fee for ball tampering in the second Test against Pakistan. Du Plessis did not contest the charge.

Source: Dhaka Tribune November 16, 2016 18:30 UTC