Aussie cricket scandal rumbles on as director Taylor quits role

EX-TEST captain Mark Taylor has quit as a director of Cricket Australia in the latest fallout from a balltampering scandal that has reverberated around the national team and its administration since March. Taylor (right) had been touted as a possible successor to board chairman David Peever, who relented last week to pressure to resign after a highly-critical report into the conduct and governance of Cricket Australia. The report found CA shared some blame for the culture that led to the ball-tampering attempt in a test against South Africa at Cape Town in March. Test captain Steve Smith and vice-captain David Warner were banned from international or first-class cricket for 12 months and opening batsman Cameron Bancroft was suspended for nine months after the clumsy plot to change the condition of the ball during the game against South Africa was captured by TV cameras.