Bancroft says Warner put him up to ball-tampering


  • Cricket
  • Wednesday, 26 Dec 2018

FILE PHOTO: Cricket - South Africa vs Australia - Third Test - Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa - March 25, 2018 Australia's David Warner and Cameron Bancroft REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Former Australia opening batsman Cameron Bancroft has broken his silence on the ball-tampering scandal in South Africa, casting David Warner as the instigator and himself as an impressionable rookie that just wanted to "fit in" to the team.

Bancroft, who was suspended for nine months for his part in 'sandpaper-gate', told former Australia wicketkeeper-turned TV pundit Adam Gilchrist in an interview on Fox Sports that Warner had asked him to manipulate the ball and he had readily agreed.

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