The ongoing series between South Africa and Australia has been one of the most controversy-laden series in the recent times. The latest cheating scandal has certainly got the entire cricketing world talking. Australian captain Steven Smith has been handed a one-match ban by the International Cricket Council.
However, the Australian media, fans, and the government feel that a one-match ban is not enough and the Australian skipper should be sacked from the post of captaincy.
The Australian media has gone bonkers over the incidence, and every newspaper had a full front page coverage about the incidence Down Under.
The country is humiliated and embarrassed by the actions of their national team at the highest level. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister of the country came out and spoke about the incidence.
Malcolm Turnbull slammed the Australian cricket team and spoke to the media about the entire episode. Moreover, he also asked the Australian Cricket Board to take immediate actions.
He said:
“We all woke up this morning shocked and bitterly disappointed by the news from South Africa. It seemed completely beyond belief that the Australian cricket team had been involved in cheating.”After all, our cricketers are role models and cricket is synonymous with fair play. How can our team by engaged in cheating like this? It beggars belief.
“There’s a lot of disappointment.”
“I’ve expressed to him very clearly and unequivocally my disappointment and my concern about the events in South Africa. It’s their responsibility to deal with it but I have to say the whole nation who holds those who wear the baggy green up on a pedestal — about as high as you can get in Australia, higher than any politician that’s for sure — this is a shocking disappointment and it’s wrong and I look forward to Cricket Australia taking decisive action soon.”
Here is how the Australian media reacted to the actions of their cricket team.
The front page of tomorrow's The Daily Telegraph pic.twitter.com/PtZp3eKYcX
— Anthony De Ceglie (@AnthDeCeglie) March 25, 2018
Tomorrow's The Australian …. pic.twitter.com/wTmSxyeTtS
— Mike Haysman (@MikeHaysman) March 25, 2018
Australian front pages @theheraldsun @dailytelegraph @couriermail & @TheNTNews. pic.twitter.com/HuGDgkivpt
— Rita Panahi (@RitaPanahi) March 25, 2018
https://twitter.com/mm_newscorpaus/status/978095140001652737
MAIL SPORT: Did they cheat in Ashes too? #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/rr9edk7LWG
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) March 25, 2018
Here’s the news feed:
Steve Smith Time as Australia Captain is Up- Jason Gillespie
Smith steps down, punished by ICC over ball tampering issue