Second Innings begins: Cameron Bancroft returns to the Big Bash League as nine-month ban expires
Cricket | December 29, 2018 21:32 ISTBancroft was immediately included in the 13-man squad for the match with undefeated Hobart.
Bancroft was immediately included in the 13-man squad for the match with undefeated Hobart.
Roberts said they are now looking forward instead of dwelling on past.
Roberts said the timing of the interviews wasn't ideal, given that they have overshadowed the crucial third Test against India.
Darren Lehmann also said that Cameron Bancroft should have approached the support staff when he was asked to tamper the ball.
"We don't go out there to try and lose games of cricket, we go out there to try and win and play the best way we can," said Smith.
Ever since Australian cricket plunged into crisis following the year-long ball-tampering bans on Steve Smith and Davis Warner, there has been a lot of discussion on the spirit of cricket.
Australia have failed to fix their batting woes after the suspensions to their star players in Steve Smith and David Warner.
Johnson is not the first Australian cricketer to say that the bans should remain. Former skipper Ian Chappel had earlier mentioned that the bans should not be reduced.
Australian cricket is enduring one of its worst phases and a run of losses in recent times prompted calls to bring back their two star players before the contests against India.
Smith and Warner's performances were overshadowed by their former Australia teammate Shane Watson.
"In the words of Donald Trump, let's make cricket great again," Warne wrote in a column for Melbourne's Herald Sun.
The trio were suspended for their roles in the ball tampering scandal in the Cape Town Test in March where the former two leaders were handed a 12-month suspension and Bancroft given a nine-month ban.
Waugh has blamed the cricket authorities for letting the incident play out the way it eventually did and also protecting the players too much.
During a grade match in Sydney, he was allegedly sledged by an opposition player when on 35.
Handscomb said the conversation with Lehmann took place more than 20 minutes before he went onto the field, which he only did when another player had to use the bathroom.
Warner, who stepped down as IPL franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad's captain after the scandal, is confident of taking part in the 12th edition of the league next year before the World Cup.
Furthermore, six demerit points each have been added to the disciplinary records of Chandimal, Hathurusinghe and Gurusinha.
Upgrading ball-tampering from a level 2 to a level 3 offence has come in the wake of the row earlier this year.
Sri Lanka sports minister Faiszer Mustapha, under whose oversight SLC is temporarily functioning, said the ICC sanctions alone would be sufficient.
The 25-year-old, who will be playing in Northern Territory's Strike League starting July 1, asserted that his current focus is to continue to perform well and earn his spot back in the Australian team.
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