The ball-tampering scandal says as much about Steve Smith as it does the entire culture of the Australian cricket team.
Smith himself has been exposed as a cold and ruthless leader, but the whole team reek of entitlement, desperation and arrogance – especially the senior leadership group.
How extraordinary Australia tried to take the moral high ground on abusive crowd behaviour earlier in the series and then cheated.
Did Australia really believe they could get away with it? Did they not count the cameras at the ground?
The Australian cricket team is your classic bully. Stand up to them and they don’t know how to respond. Stand up to them and any measure is acceptable in pursuit of advantage.
They are a bunch of yobbos. Australia pioneered and institutionalised sledging, a strategy that deliberately seeks to intimidate and distract opposition through relentless and classless personal abuse.
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Brad Haddin, Merv Hughes, Michael Clarke, Dennis Lillee, Ian Chappell, Glenn McGrath, David Warner and Shane Warne, to name a few, all abused their opposition.
Apparently they’re all ‘good blokes.’ Apparently, it’s a part of the game.
The fact Australia has continued to sledge and justify sledging reveals a wider insight into how something like this scandal could happen: Australia are arrogant and lack class.
It’s often said the captain of the Australian Test team is the second highest office in the land, behind only the Prime Minister.
The fallout from this scandal, which could include loss of sponsorships, loss of careers and public humiliation, has put the spotlight on the bully. Can the bully change its ways and behave with at least a little more class in the future?
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