Smith shrugs off Pooran's light ball-tampering ban


  • Cricket
  • Monday, 18 Nov 2019

FILE PHOTO: Cricket - Ashes 2019 - Fifth Test - England v Australia - Kia Oval, London, Britain - September 15, 2019 Australia's Steve Smith after the match Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Former Australia captain Steve Smith, who was banned for a year for ball-tampering, says he does not feel hard done by despite a much lighter sanction handed down to West Indies batsman Nicholas Pooran for the same offence.

Pooran was given a four-game ban during the third one-day international against Afghanistan, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said last week.

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