“YES.”
With just one word, Cricket Australia boss James Sutherland managed to sum up the gross extent to which Steve Smith misjudged the gravity of the ball-tampering incident. During his initial press conference on Sunday, shortly after it was revealed that Smith had played a key role in a plan for Cameron Bancroft to tamper with the ball in the third Test against South Africa, Smith kept repeating himself. He said words to the effect that he would “learn from this and move on”. Smith sounded contrite, but failing to perhaps fully grasp the severity of the reaction back in Australia and around the cricket world. When asked about this, Sutherland was focused, embarrassed and clearly furious with his captain. He was posted a detailed question about Smith’s initial press conference, and was directly asked whether Smith had severely underestimated how much trouble he was in. “Yes,” Sutherland uttered unequivocally. The Cricket Australia boss went on to say that the Australian public had judged the cheating players very harshly, perhaps moreso than perpretators of similar or even more serious incidents from other cricket nations in the past.
With just one word, Cricket Australia boss James Sutherland managed to sum up the gross extent to which Steve Smith misjudged the gravity of the ball-tampering incident. During his initial press conference on Sunday, shortly after it was revealed that Smith had played a key role in a plan for Cameron Bancroft to tamper with the ball in the third Test against South Africa, Smith kept repeating himself. He said words to the effect that he would “learn from this and move on”. Smith sounded contrite, but failing to perhaps fully grasp the severity of the reaction back in Australia and around the cricket world. When asked about this, Sutherland was focused, embarrassed and clearly furious with his captain. He was posted a detailed question about Smith’s initial press conference, and was directly asked whether Smith had severely underestimated how much trouble he was in. “Yes,” Sutherland uttered unequivocally. The Cricket Australia boss went on to say that the Australian public had judged the cheating players very harshly, perhaps moreso than perpretators of similar or even more serious incidents from other cricket nations in the past.
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