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Is Cricket Still a Gentleman's Sport?

The last one week of has pulled out many controversies.These incidents are so ugly that one might still wonder if cricket is still a Gentleman's game.This blog is about these incidents and where the future of cricket is heading to. It is so disheartening that there have been not one but three incidents in past one week which have put a dark spot on cricket which is considered a gentleman's game.To start with the ugliest 1.The ball-tampering scandal This tampering was done during the third test match between Australia and South Africa.The whole Australian team was involved in ball tampering.This is not the first ball tampering incident but this is the first time when the whole team is involved in ball tampering which also includes the coach.It also started when the two on-field umpires called Cameron Bancroft in suspicion of tampering the ball.But he said that he had a sunglass cleaner which he used to clean his sunglasses and not tamper the ball.But later in the day vi