cricket, ball tampering is an action in which a fielder illegally alters the condition of the ball. The primary motivation of ball tampering is to interfere...

The 2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, also known as Sandpapergate, was a cricket cheating scandal surrounding the Australian national cricket team...

sandpaper - why Chandimal's tampering is different". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2018. "Dinesh Chandimal ball-tampering: SL captain banned". Daily...

player admits to ball-tampering, Steve Smith knew in advance". BBC Sport. 24 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018. "CA slaps bans on tampering trio". cricket...

and Billy Doctrove ruled that the Pakistani team had been involved in ball tampering. The Pakistani players refused to take the field after the tea break...

Plessis calls for harsher punishments for ball tampering". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 May 2022. "Tampering claims 'a joke' - Amla". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved...

the ball. Some fielding sides have been accused of deliberately interfering with the quarter seam, which would constitute illegal ball tampering. There...

the cricket ball outside the permitted manners designated in the rules of cricket is prohibited during a match, and so-called "ball tampering" has resulted...

found guilty of ball tampering during an ODI with Zimbabwe. Match referee Clive Lloyd adjudged the application of an energy sweet to the ball as a deliberate...

Zimbabwe and India, a match ball, still in Jarman's possession, that was confiscated after just 16 overs showed evidence of tampering by Woolmer's team. Woolmer...

November 2017. As a result of a Cricket Australia investigation into a ball tampering incident during the 3rd Test against South Africa in March 2018, Bancroft...

Premier League. In March 2018, following a preliminary investigation into ball tampering by the Australian team in the third match of their Test series against...

for the match, helped to expose that Australian cricketers were tampering with the ball to get good reverse swing on the very early morning of day four...

fourth test match against South Africa in March 2018, following the ball tampering scandal which occurred during the match. He was originally thought to...

involve using a much more worn ball. As swing bowling is heavily dependent on the condition of the ball, many ball tampering controversies have been related...

batsman Cameron Bancroft was charged with ball tampering. Captain Steve Smith and Bancroft admitted the ball tampering to match referee Andy Pycroft and the...

he had been successful against the English batsmen, accusations of ball tampering began to appear in the English media, though no video evidence of foul...

Pakistani team had been involved in ball tampering. They awarded five penalty runs to England and offered them a replacement ball. In protest the Pakistani players...

the condition of the ball, the umpires replace the ball with another one with similar wear to the old ball before the ball tampering. The umpires also award...

Australian cricket over ball tampering row". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 26 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018. "Tampering trio learn their...

hauls (6) in a Test innings in wins. After retiring, Khan admitted to ball tampering during his early cricketing days when playing domestic cricket. Khan...

Victoria at Gliderol Oval, South Australia, Lewis was found guilty of ball tampering during South Australia's second innings. Batsman Mark Cosgrove hit a...

lacked consistency. His playing career included controversy, including ball tampering, and several brushes with the media with whom, by Atherton's own admission...

when Pakistan refused to take the field in protest at being accused of ball tampering. Jeff Crowe was seen as ultimately responsible for the failure of the...

head coach Justin Langer in the 18 months after the 2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal. The second season follows the team after the exit of Paine...

allegations of ball-tampering and a number of controversies. In July 2000 Waqar was banned for one international match for ball tampering and was fined...

held in Sri Lanka, he was caught ball tampering making him the second player in cricket to be banned on ball tampering charges.[citation needed] The same...

claim that the iPhone 6 could catch users' hair and rip it out 2006 ball-tampering controversy, involving umpire Darrel Hair List of scandals with "-gate"...

vice-captain and also served as Test vice-captain after the 2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal. With his national side, he won multiple ICC tournaments: the...

Pakistani cricket team in England in 2006 tour at The Oval was halted after ball-tampering allegations, a large beer snake was constructed in the OCS stand. A...