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Aussie cricket, a 'new culture?'


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When Steve Smith resigned the Australian cricket captaincy (with others), when some players were caught ball tampering Tim Paine the new captain promised a new culture in the Aussie game. Perhaps a bit less of the 'win at all costs' mentality.

Today Paine resigned after admitting texting a female colleague in an inappropriate way. 

The same man was reprimanded for inappropriate sledging during the test series against India.

Domestically Yorkshire cricket is going through the wringer.

These 'stars' are supposed to be role models for our youngsters. I don't think so.

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When Steve Smith resigned the Australian cricket captaincy (with others), when some players were caught ball tampering Tim Paine the new captain promised a new culture in the Aussie game. Perhaps a bit less of the 'win at all costs' mentality.

Today Paine resigned after admitting texting a female colleague in an inappropriate way. 

The same man was reprimanded for inappropriate sledging during the test series against India.

Domestically Yorkshire cricket is going through the wringer.

These 'stars' are supposed to be role models for our youngsters. I don't think so.

It's an absolute mess, isn't it? What's bizarre about the Tim Paine issue is that there was an investigation into it when it happened in 2017 and he was 'exonerated'. So I'm not sure why he feels the need to resign. There's rumour going round that CA wanted a better captain in place for the start of The Ashes and this provided the perfect reason for Paine to step down, but not have to leave the team thus meaning they'd need to find another wicketkeeper. Who knows if that's what's going on, but it's hardly ideal preparation for The Ashes! Suddenly it's not England vs Australia, it's The Racists vs The Sexists. What a time to be alive.

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