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On March 25, 2018, Channel 7's Sunrise program reported on the ball-tampering incident which occurred during the third test in South Africa.
On March 25, 2018, Guardian News televised the Australian Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, reacting to the announcement that Australian test cricketers had admitted to tampering with the ball.
On March 30, an interview with former Australian test bowler, Shane Warne was televised. Warne defends Steven Smith and the other players against what Warne claims is an over-reaction from the Australian public, the media and the Australian prime minister.
On March 26, 2018, Da Pont News ran a detailed report on the Australian cricket team's ball tampering which includes an explanation of what the players were trying to achieve. The report includes a consideration of popular reactions to the ball tampering within Australia.
On March 29, 2018, Cameron Bancroft gave an interview, apologising for his actions and giving a fuller account of what occurred. He admits to using sandpaper on the ball and acknowledges that he lied in his initial interview.
On March 29, 2018, CNN ran an informative report explaining what ball tampering means.
On March 28, RSTV (India) televised a 28 minute segment on the ball-tampering incident detailing what occurred and placing it in the context of a declining culture in world cricket. (Please note: this segment refers to tape, rather than sandpaper, as having been used to roughen the ball)
On March 29, 2018, Steven Smith made a statement in which he gave a fuller account of the ball-tampering incident and apologised for his actions.
On March 31, 2018, Intelligentsia posted three segments relating to David Warner and his wife. The first was a Channel 7 Sunrise program and a Channel 9 Today response to Candice Warner's statement that she believes the sledging involving her precipitated her husband's actions. The third segment is the interview David Warner gave admitting responsibility for his actions.
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Has the response to ball-tampering been an overreaction? - Web links, documents and video clips
On April 1, 2018, the ABC published a comment by David Mark titled 'Ball-tampering scandal points to all that's ugly in Australian sport'. The opinion piece describes what Mark believes is a lack of values in Australian sport.
The full text can be accessed at 
On March 31, 2018, Sportskeeda published an an opinion piece published by Karan Sethi titled ' Steve Smith is not a criminal and shouldn't be treated like one' Sethi argues that the criticism Smith has received is excessive for confessing to a violation that many commit.
The full text of the piece can be accessed at
On March 30, 2018, SBS published a report giving the views of former Australian fast bowler, Shane Warne, who has stated that he considers the punishments imposed on the offending Australian cricketers are too severe and that the response of Australian media and the Australian public has been excessive.
The full text of the article can be accessed at
On March 29, 2018, news.com.au published a report by Emma Reynolds titled '"Australia's rotten cricket culture": World lays into disgraced side'
Reynolds reports on the criticism received from the rest of the cricketing world by Australia's players and cricket administration in the aftermath of the ball tampering incident.
The full text can be accessed at
On March 29, 2018, The Guardian published a comment by Andy Bull titled ' Swift and severe punishment for Smith and co but questions remain'
Bull argues that Cricket Australia was more concerned to protect its reputation than to provide an appropriate penalty.
The full text of the comment can be accessed at
On March 29, 2018, The Roar published a comment by Geoff Parkes titled ' Is it right for Australia to own Steve Smith?'
Parkes attempts to explain the reason for the popular distress at Smith's actions.
The full text can be accessed at
On March 29, 2018, The Sydney Morning Herald published a comment by Waleed Aly titled ' What the ball-tampering crisis says about us'
Aly attempts to explain the significance of sport and cricket, in particular, to Australia's sense of its national identity.
The full text can be accessed at
On March 29, 2018, sports.ndtv.com published an article titled 'Ball-Tampering Row: Australian Cricketers' Association Criticises Bans On Steve Smith, David Warner' which outlines the Australian Cricketers' Association's objections to the manner in which the ball-tampering incident was being handled.
The full text of the article can be accessed at
On March 29, 2018, NDAIndia.com published a report titled 'Ball-tampering row: "Chief instigator" David Warner to address media on Saturday'
The report included a number of criticisms of David Warner's conduct.
The full text can be accessed at
On March 29, 2018, the ABC published an opinion piece by Geoff Lemon titled 'For dishonesty more than cheating, a year's ban is what Smith and Warner deserve'
The piece details the complete violation of trust which follows the cricketers' attempt to cover up their cheating.
The full text can be accessed at
On March 28, 2018, The Australian published a comment by Peter Hoysted titled ' Australia lost their minds and judgment over ball tampering incident'
Hoysted argues that the opprobrium with which the ball-tampering incident has been met within Australia is extreme and inappropriate.
The full text of the opinion piece can be accessed at
On March 28, 2018, Reuters published the full findings of Cricket Australia's investigation into the ball-tampering incident.
These can be accessed at
On March 28, 2018, cricket.com.au published a report titled 'Sticky truth about sandpaper revelation'.
The report details the findings of Cricket Australia's investigation into the ball-tampering incident.
The full text can be accessed at
On March 27, 2018, The Australian published a comment by its senior sports writer, Wayne Smith, titled ' Ball tampering: To us it's cheating, to the ICC it's a misdemeanour'. Smith suggests that the relatively minor punishments given by the International Cricket Council for ball tampering might explain why Steven Smith and others did not appreciate the significance of their offence.
The full text of this comment can be accessed at
On March 27, 2018, the ABC published a comment by Daryl Adair titled 'Ball tampering is the moral equivalent of doping'
The opinion piece gives a justification for why ball-tampering should be seen as improper conduct in cricket.
The full text can be accessed at
On March 26, 2018, cricket.com.au published a comment by Andrew Ramsey titled 'Old ball tampering is no new thing' giving an overview of the nature and extent of ball tampering and why teams persist in attempting it.
The full text can be accesses at
On March 26, 2018, The Conversation published an opinion piece by Keith Parry, Senior Lecturer in Sport Management, Western Sydney University; Emma Kavanagh, Senior Lecturer in Sports Psychology and Coaching Sciences, Bournemouth University and Steven Freeland, Dean, School of Law and Professor of International Law, Western Sydney University titled ' Just not cricket: why ball tampering is cheating'
The article explains why ball tampering is outside the regulations of cricket and is regarded as cheating.
The full text can be accessed at
On March 26, 2018, news.com.au published a report titled ' Chris Lynn says every cricketer has ball-tampered while Jason Gillespie says Steve Smith's reign is over'. The report gives divergent opinions on the ball-tampering incident.
The full text can be accessed at
On March 26, 2018, news.com.au published a comment by Sam Clench titled 'Five words that exposed Steve Smith's deficient leadership'
The comment details the deficiencies of Steve Smith's conduct as captain.
The full text can be accessed at
On March 25, 2018, The Sydney Morning Herald published a comment by Greg Baum titled 'The team that just doesn't get it' which gives a view on the distorted values of at least some of the players for the current Australian cricket team.
The full text can be accessed at
On March 25, 2018 cricket.com.au published a report titled 'PM: Ball tampering news "beggars belief"'. The report quotes the Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull's distress and disbelief at the violation of trust committed by those cricketers' involved in the ball-tampering.
The full text can be accessed at
On March 25, 2018, The Courier Mail published a comment by Robert Craddock titled 'Australia's grubby win-at-all-costs culture has been exposed'
The opinion piece outlines the lack of values that the author believes afflicts Australian cricket.
The full text can be accessed at
The International Cricket Council' Code of Conduct for Players can be accessed at
It gives full details of what types of ball manipulation are prohibited.
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