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August 8, 2018
Ball-tampering, abuse threaten cricket’s ‘DNA’: ICC boss
LONDON: Ball-tampering, verbal abuse and on-field confrontations are threatening the spirit of cricket and recent poor behaviour by players has to stop, International Cricket Council boss David Richardson has said.Richardson also took aim at players claiming confusion over ball-tampering rules, saying the laws were clear and their complaints “disingenuous” in a speech at the MCC’s Colin Cowdrey Lecture at Lord’s.“The phrase ‘it’s just not cricket’ is not an accident, it’s...