The International Cricket Council (ICC) is set to review its punishment for ball-tampering in light of the Australia cheating scandal, warning the game is in danger unless decisive action is taken. Cricket Australia has banned Steve Smith and David Warner from international and domestic cricket for a year while opening batsman Cameron Bancroft was exiled for nine months over the incident during the third Test in South Africa. “We’ve come to realise that the world -- not only Australia -- regards ball-tampering in a very serious light. “Around the world, ball-tampering is considered cheating... “We hope this review will develop that universal culture of what it means to play the game in the correct manner.

Source: Hindustan Times March 29, 2018 10:41 UTC