By Chris Stocks

Good banter: Sandpaper cards handed out to fans

IN the end, the anticipated cauldron of hostility Australia were expected to face at The Oval in the wake of the ball-tampering scandal never materialised.
But for a marketing stunt by one enterprising company handing out sandpaper four and six cards, this first ODI passed off without the faintest whiff of controversy on or off the field.
Indeed, perhaps unsurprisingly, the only sledge of the evening came from former Australia coach Darren Lehmann, who sat 10,000 miles away in Adelaide chastising BBC commentator and The Cric...