If I was Smith, Warner, Bancroft, I'd want others publicly recognized: Chappell
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If I was Smith, Warner, Bancroft, I'd want others publicly recognized: Chappell

Former Australian skipper Ian Chappell has commented on the new revelations made by Cameron Bancroft regarding the ball-tampering controversy of 2018 in a Test match against South Africa. After Bancroft was found on camera rubbing sandpaper on the ball, Cricket Australia decided to suspend Australian captain Steve Smith and the vice-captain David Warner for one year while Bancroft was given a reprimand of nine months. Bancroft, in a recent interview with the Guardian, had suggested that more players might have known about the ball-tampering in the Test. Cricket Australia, swiftly, said that they remained open to investigation on any new information. But that hasn’t made Chappell happy. He has said that the issue was brushed under carpet as ‘nobody higher up the order’ was punished for the incident.' “It's the usual backside-protecting statement. That's all that ever goes on, as soon as there is a controversy, it's a rush to protect your own backside," Chappell told World Wide of Sports.

"The fact that nobody higher up was ever punished, well, that always made it just an attempt to brush it under the carpet.” “If I was Smith, Warner, or Bancroft, I'd want the others publicly recognized for their part in what happened,” he said.