Did Australian Bowlers Know About Ball-Tampering Tactics? Cameron Bancroft Answers

Cameron Bancroft said that since his actions in the ball-tampering episode from Australia's 2018 tour of South Africa benefitted the bowlers, their awareness about it is "self-explanatory".

The ignominy of the ball-tampering scandal of 2018 left three Australian cricketers - David Warner, Steve Smith and Cameron Bancroft - in the firing line but the youngest of the lot, Bancroft, has now said that it's "self-explanatory" whether the bowlers playing that Newlands Test against South Africa were aware of what was happening. While all three cricketers were handed lengthy bans by Cricket Australia, no other player had admitted to having had knowledge about the misdemeanours on the day.  However, Bancroft told The Guardian in an interview that since his actions directly benefitted the bowlers, their awareness about the ball-tampering is "self-explanatory".  "Yeah, look, all I wanted to do was to be responsible and accountable for my own actions and part. Yeah, obviously what I did benefits bowlers and the awareness around that, probably, is self-explanatory," Bancroft told The Guardian when asked whether some of the bowlers knew about the tactics at play.