The Gold Coast Bulletin

VERY,

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very few of us (myself included) have not done and/or said something that to this very day are very ashamed of.

That said, what the Australian cricket team did to cheat in South Africa warranted the coach’s, captain’s, vice-captain’s and actual perpetrato­r’s heads to roll.

And David Warner (a champion Australian cricketer; but far from a champion Australian bloke) in particular should never play for Australia again; because Warner threw a young player of far less player status under the bus (for doing something rather rotten, that the rather rotten Warner would not do himself).

The young perpetrato­r (after suspension) has to get himself selected in state sides etc. to get back into form for Test selection – by then, his previous Test place will have gone to another more worthy, up and comer.

This Australian Test team held Cricket Australia (thus, the Aussie public) to ransom by bludgeonin­g (refusing to play Tests) their way to massive pay/perk rises.

If this team had any real guts (let alone conscience) they all (after their disgracefu­l sledging, etc) would immediatel­y volunteer to return to their previous much lower pay packets and donate what they’ve already been paid above, to Australia’s Royal Children’s Hospital Appeals. HOWARD HUTCHINS

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