FILE PHOTO: Cricket - Ashes 2019 - Fifth Test - England v Australia - Kia Oval, London, Britain - September 12, 2019 Australia's Tim Paine during the warm up before the start of play. Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers
MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Distraught and in tears, Tim Paine stepped down as captain of Australia's test cricket team on Friday after revelations he had been investigated and cleared over sexually explicit text messages sent to a female colleague four years ago.
The scandal plunged Australia's Ashes preparations into disarray three weeks before the first test begins in Brisbane and placed the 36-year-old wicketkeeper's international career in jeopardy.
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