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Former SA skipper Faf du Plessis, who was leading his side in the series, just recently clarified the occurrence, where he called the Aussie star a ‘bully’.
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It’s been 4 years considering that South Africa and Australia played that notorious Test series which saw lots of debates consisting of a ball-tampering scandal including Australian gamers. The series initially entered into the spotlight after a spoken run-in in between the then South African wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock and Australian opener David Warner almost turned physical. Came the ‘sandpaper gate’ that saw 3 Australian stars getting prohibited for a year for tampering with the ball.
Faf du Plessis calls David Warner a bully
Former South African skipper Faf du Plessis, who was leading his side in the series, just recently clarified the event, where he called Warner a ‘bully’. Warner was the focal point of the whole ball-tampering legend as it later on emerged that he was the one who asked Cameron Bancroft, among the 3 Australian gamers to be prohibited for a year, to damage the condition of the ball utilizing sandpaper. Du Plessis stated Bancroft was simply a stooge, while likewise offering the then-Australian captain Steve Smith a pass. He just had unkind things to state about Warner.
” He [Warner] was a bully. I do not have time for bullies,” Du Plessis informed BBC while discussing his brand-new book Faf: Through Fire. Due to Du Plessis’ remark, it appears that the previous Proteas captain is more annoyed by Warner due to the fact that of his run-in with De Kock than by the Australian batter’s participation in the ball-tampering episode.
Warner and De Kock were associated with a run-in that occurred throughout the very first Test match in Durban. A heated argument broke out in between both the gamers after Warner sledged De Kock for almost an hour while the latter was trying to conserve the Test match for his group.
What occurred after the ball-tampering occurrence?
As far as the tampering occurrence is worried, Warner in addition to Steve Smith and Cameron Bancroft was handed a 1 year suspension by Cricket Australia and was likewise eliminated as the vice-captain of the Test group. A life time captaincy restriction was likewise troubled Warner after the ball-tampering event. Smith was likewise sacked as captain of the Australian group in all formats. Both Smith and Warner had the ability to pick up in 2019 and were likewise part of the Australian World Cup team that reached the last of that year’s World Cup.
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