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CAPTAIN BANCROFT? THAT’S A STEP TOO FAR

by
The Cricket Paper Team
29 March 2019

PETER HAYTER

@phaytercricket

Shady character: Cameron Bancroft will lead Durham this summer
PICTURE: Getty Images

This may sound like double standards. Last week, in the spirit of grown-up reconciliation and because the historical bond between our countries goes back a lot longer and should mean a lot more than the latest Ashes row, I argued that the three Australia cricketers banned for their part in Sandpapergate should be welcomed here this summer with an outstretched palm rather than two fingers, and I stand by what I said.
But that was before Durham made the extraordinary decisio...