The former Test cricketer also explained how he managed to do it without getting caught by the umpires. MacGill's confession came after Usman Khawaja's recent claims in his autobiography regarding Australia's 2018 ball-tampering scandal against South Africa.
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His admission gained massive attention because his method was similar to the original plan described by Khawaja in his autobiography. Khawaja claimed that the idea of using sandpaper during Australia's 2018 South Africa tour was known across the team and coaching staff.
The clever Ball-Tampering plan
MacGill shared that the umpires would leave the ball near the boundary before the players returned to the field. This gave him an opportunity to damage its surface without coming into anyone’s eye. He did not see his actions as part of any organized cheating plan at that time.
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Stuart MacGill makes another shocking Ball-Tampering admission
The former Australian spinner suggested that players often looked for ways to gain an advantage, and such practices had become common during his playing days.
MacGill signed off by saying, “It probably has been (ball tampering going on since the early days of Test cricket) because it’s just getting a competitive advantage, right? And because we know that everybody’s doing it, it doesn’t feel so bad. Like if I’m playing against South Africa, I know that they’ve done everything that I’ve done; I don’t feel bad about it.”
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