Punishment: Suspended one-match ban, overturned on appeal. During the fourth day of the fourth Test between England and Pakistan, umpires Darrell Hair and Billy Doctrove held up play to call for a box of balls, and it soon became apparent that they had decided the tourists had illegally altered the condition of the ball. The umpires awarded five penalty runs to England and offered them a replacement ball.
Bad light forced the players off shortly afterwards, and when the game resumed after tea Pakistan initially refused to take the field in protest, resulting in the first forfeited match in Test history. Captain Inzamam-ul-Haq was held responsible for his team's actions but then cleared of the ball-tampering charge by an ICC tribunal. He was, however, banned for four matches for bringing the game into disrepute by refusing to resume play. The result of the match was later changed to a draw, then altered again to an England win.
Punishment: Inzamam banned for four matches. Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi was found guilty of ball-tampering during the fifth and final one-day international against Australia at the Waca in , after he was caught by television cameras apparently biting the ball. It was reported to the on-field umpires by the TV umpire and, after discussions with Afridi, the ball was changed.
Pakistan lost the game, and series, Afridi's initial explanation was that he had been "trying to smell it and how it was feeling" but he admitted later he was "ashamed" of his actions, which had been "in the heat of the moment". Punishment: Afridi banned for two T20 matches. The South Africa captain was caught on camera sucking on mints before using his saliva to shine the ball during the second Test against Australia. Du Plessis was found guilty of ball-tampering by the International Cricket Council.
The ongoing India-England Test series has been in the limelight for a couple of wrong reasons. The tempers flared on the 3rd day of the Lord's Test match after Jasprit Bumrah launched a barrage of bouncers at James Anderson during the last session. On the 4th day, Virat Kohli swore at Anderson, who had responded to Bumrah after the end of the day's play yesterday August On the 4th day's play, the Test match was in the limelight for another wrong reason as netizens accused England players of ball-tampering.
During one of the overs, an England fielder stepped on the ball. The picture was shared widely on social media and reached Stuart Broad. The England legend responded to a few users and wrote that it wasn't deliberate act. A couple of hours back, he had also come up with a strong reaction to Kohli's act of swearing at Anderson.
Check out his response to users accusing England of ball-tampering -. End of Story. Depends If it was damaged? Exactly the same if it was hit into the stands. London: Videos and pictures of England players scuffing the surface of the ball on the fourth day of the second Test between India and England have flooded the internet on Sunday evening with fans and ex-cricketers accusing the England players of ball-tampering.
The alleged incident seems to have happened during the second session on the fourth day as Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane held the Indian innings together. Videos and photos showed the players rolling the ball and one of them stamping on it with his spikes.
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