Bancroft indicates he has nothing significant to share with CA on Sandpaper row

Following Cameron Bancroft's comments that the bowlers knew about the tampering thing all along, Cricket Australia opened the investigation in the Cape Town matter once again and called anyone, who has any kind of new information on the subject, to present their view. Bancroft responded to the call overnight but informed the board that he has no new info to share.

According to Sydney Morning Herald, Bancroft, who is playing county cricket in the UK, had a discussion with CA officials on Monday night.

"Reverse swing can't happen if every player doesn't buy into it"

Meanwhile, English pacer Stuart Broad claimed that for the reverse swing to happen, every player in the team needs to have a clearer vision in that regard, because it is impacted by so many factors. Thus indicating that reverse swing can't be obtained without bowlers being privy to that.

"I've obviously never bowled within the Australian bowling attack but I can talk about how, in an England Test team, if I miss the seam by four millimetres, Jimmy Anderson is on me," Broad said at an event organised by soap and hand cleanser manufacturers Lifebuoy. "He'll be saying 'why has this ball got a mark on it here? It's because you've missed the seam! Start hitting the seam, will you'.

"Reverse swing with the red ball can be affected by so many different things. If you chase it to the boundary and throw it into the grass it can smooth the ball over and stop it reversing. If you touch the ball with wet hands it will stop it reversing. If you shine it in a way that smooths over the rough side it will stop it reversing.

"So as an England team, we are aware if we're trying to get the ball reversing every player has to buy into that or it will stop it.

"There's no doubt the Aussies would have been hoping this episode was signed sealed and delivered. It was an incredibly tough thing for those three players to go through. I can't see it still being a conversation [when the Ashes start] in November, December, but I can see it being sung in the Barmy Army stands if they're allowed."