Australian opening batsman Cameron Bancroft landed himself at the center of a ball-tampering controversy on Saturday when he was caught on camera appearing to hide a foreign object down his trousers, moments before th🌊e umpires came to question him about🔜 working on the ball.
While fielding on Day 3 of the third Test against South Africa in Cape Town, Bancr🍎oft was seen rubbing his hands over the ball shortly before the Tea break.
As umpires Nigel Llong and Richꦏard Illingworth met mid-pitch to discuss the incident, Bancroft was then seen appearing to take a small, yellow object out of his pocket and drop it down his trousers.
When questioned by the umpires, Bancroft pulled a black sunglasses co🍰ver out of his pock💝et.
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Wow so stupid! Cameron Bancroft, why, oh why?
— Vishal S S Mehra (@weshalltalkcric)
Enjoy the rest of your holiday in South A🔥frica ✌🏼
— Simon Harmer (@Simon_Harmer_)
The umpires took no action and did not change the ball. There were boos from a capacity crowd at Newlands whe🍸n the incident was shown on the big screen at the ground
