Stuart Broad Ball Tampering 2010

England faced a huge fight to save the third Test after ending day four on 132-3 needing 466 to beat South Africa.

Third Test, Cape Town:
South Africa 291 & 447-7d v England 273 & 132-3 (day four, stumps)
Play resumes Thursday: 0830 GMT
Coverage: Test Match Special on BBC Radio Four Longwave, Radio 5 live sports extra, Red Button and BBC Sport website; text commentary online and on mobiles. Also live on Sky Sports

Umpires: D J Harper, A L Hill, R S Mahanama, Aleem Dar
South Africa: Gm Smith (C), Prince, Amla, Kallis, de Villiers, Duminy, Boucher (W), M Morkel, P Harris, de Wet, Steyn
England: Strauss (C), Cook, Trott, Pietersen, Collingwood, Bell, Prior (W), Broad, Swann, Anderson, Onions

Michael Vaughan has criticised the behaviour of Stuart Broad and Jimmy Anderson even though suggestions of malpractice by the England bowlers were officially thrown out by the International Cricket Council today.

The ICC, the match referee Roshan Mahanama and the umpires Tony Hill and Daryl Harper all closed the book on the matter yesterday following yesterday's announcement that South Africa had "raised concerns" about the condition of the ball.

Vaughan, however, speaking before the ICC announcement, sounded considerably more riled than the South Africans when he said: "England have been caught and we have to hold our hands up. They were thinking they were smart but they've been very silly.

"Stuart Broad stood on the ball, and then Jimmy Anderson collected the ball, whether it was the next over or the over after, and started playing around the area where Broad had created the scuff marks."

Vaughan, who is in South Africa commentating on the series for BBC's Test Match Special, added: "They were just trying to get the ball to reverse swing. It looks quite bad on the TV screens. I'm quite disappointed because I don't like to see that sort of action in a game. It doesn't look good. What would we say if it was Pakistan?"

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"Why can't we keep our focus and bat for longer periods? Like really get stuck in? Look at the partnership between Smith and Amla..."

Michael Vaughan has criticised the behaviour of Stuart Broad and Jimmy Anderson even though suggestions of malpractice by the England bowlers were officially thrown out by the International Cricket Council today.

The ICC, the match referee Roshan Mahanama and the umpires Tony Hill and Daryl Harper all closed the book on the matter yesterday following yesterday's announcement that South Africa had "raised concerns" about the condition of the ball.

Vaughan, however, speaking before the ICC announcement, sounded considerably more riled than the South Africans when he said: "England have been caught and we have to hold our hands up. They were thinking they were smart but they've been very silly.

"Stuart Broad stood on the ball, and then Jimmy Anderson collected the ball, whether it was the next over or the over after, and started playing around the area where Broad had created the scuff marks."

Vaughan, who is in South Africa commentating on the series for BBC's Test Match Special, added: "They were just trying to get the ball to reverse swing. It looks quite bad on the TV screens. I'm quite disappointed because I don't like to see that sort of action in a game. It doesn't look good. What would we say if it was Pakistan?"

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[tunwilk]

Yorkshireman2050 what are you trying here? Obviously another cheating Pakistani trying in some wierd way to defend your cheating cunt of a player. Pakistani's need to seriously consider why they get called cheats, its not because everyones racist, its because you get cauught cheating all the time and your country doesn't seem to care... you made Alfridi CAPTAIN and he behaves like that.

Alfridi, whinging paki's claiming racism and your selectors are a joke. sort it out.

[yorkshire2050]

@tunwilk

broad always tampers

gets away wid it tho

xxx

[YTadam787]

Sunny Gavaskar is right, Broad gets away with it because pops is an ICC referee

[TheBoss574]

I'm not either a England or Pak supporter, I feel it shouldnt really matter if a official complain is made or not, ICC should still look into it and I can understand how some of the Pak fans feel hard done by this, as they were charged with ball tampering when there wasnt even any video evidence of it! No offical complaint had been made by any team then.

[LegolasThrandulion]

@tunwilk Dude!! not being a Pakistani or Indian here the thing here is ASIAN players are handed bans,fines for silly mistakes while English & Aussies get away with any kind of stuff!!

There is no white supremacy clear your mind off this haze the sooner the better!

Peace!!

[zerounite]

@yorkshire2050

CAUSE he knows how to be slick and smart enough to get away with it unlike your so called AFRIDI ... putting that ball in the mouth is the most nastiest thing i have seen in cricket

[yorkshire2050]

ur mum is a paki shagger

[Fakhir09]

@tunwilk

you are calling afridi cheat then wot abt broad?? wot the hell he's doing?

[tunwilk]

thats because the on field umpires could see the condition of the ball had been altered... thats the evidence. Pakistan behave like idiots, and are caught cheating so often they cant complain about being scrutinised (Alfridi in 2005, piviting on his heel on a good length when a potential bomb had just gone off), then they made him captain. CHEATS

[geniusumistian]

What a cheat.

[baubaleena]

Shit man, you got issues. Were you botty poked by an englishman when you were a kid? There are people you can talk to about this you know.