Brave CA call renews legend's ball-tampering tirade

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Former Australia cricket skipper Ian Chappell has renewed his tirade connected Cricket Australia implicit its determination to woody Steve Smith and David Warner antithetic punishments for the roles they played successful the 2018 ball-tampering saga.

Chappell, who skippered Australia successful 30 Tests successful the 1970s, has reiterated his stance connected the enactment wrangle pursuing Cricket Australia's determination to sanction Smith arsenic Test vice-captain.

Pat Cummins was connected Friday installed arsenic Australia's 47th Test skipper and Smith arsenic his deputy, 1 week aft Tim Paine resigned from his station amid a sexting scandal.

While Smith received a two-year enactment suspension successful the aftermath of the Cape Town cheating drama, Warner was deed with a beingness enactment prohibition – a telephone that angers Chappell.

"I privation that Cricket Australia had made a cleanable break, but for Cricket Australia to get thing close astatine the infinitesimal is asking a spot much," Chappell said connected 2GB's Wide World of Sports radio.

"For starters, I person a occupation ... Why is Steve Smith looked upon arsenic a antithetic punishment to David Warner? In fact, if anything, I deliberation Steve Smith's transgression was greater.

"For a skipper to say, 'I don't privation to know' erstwhile cheating's involved, is not correct. A captain's got to know, he's got to find retired and he's got to bash thing astir it.

"Either Steve Smith has a two-year prohibition from captaincy and truthful does David Warner, oregon Steve Smith has a beingness prohibition and truthful does Dave Warner. Same thing."

Paine connected Friday announced he'd beryllium taking indefinite leave to assistance his intelligence health.

The wicketkeeper captained Australia successful 23 of the 35 Tests he's played, stepping into the presumption to regenerate Smith pursuing the ball-tampering ungraded astatine Newlands successful March 2018.

Former Test skipper Mark Taylor told Wide World of Sports connected Friday that Paine was apt to not play different lucifer for Australia.

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