Salman Butt asks why no Australian bowler was punished in 2018 ball-tampering saga: Stop confusing people

Salman Butt said it was impossible for the Australia bowlers to not know that the ball was being tampered with as it had started to reverse swing after Cameron Bancroft scruffed it with sandpaper on Day 3 of the 2018 Cape Town Test against South Africa.

Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt has questioned the role of the Australian bowlers in the 2018 ball-tampering scandal which saw only three players, including the team's captain and vice-captain, getting punished by the country's cricket board. Fresh controversy erupted in the cricketing fraternity last week when Cameron Bancroft, the player who was caught applying sandpaper in the ball on Day 3 of the third Test between South Africa and Australia, hinted that the Australian bowlers were aware of what was going on the field at Newlands on March 24, 2018. Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon, who comprised of the Aussie attack in that game, issued a joint statement on Tuesday in which they once again claimed their innocence, saying that they did not know about the trio's plans to tamper with the ball.