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Originally Posted by Niamh.
I heard about this alright, cheating bastards. What advantage do they gain by doing that Matt?
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Players would normally shine one side of the ball to try and get it to swing either inwards or outwards. As the game goes on though and the ball loses its shine it won't be so easy to swing it naturally but they can try and get reverse swing using the dry side of the ball. If this side is rough enough it will go against the normal swing and so be reverse swing. That's why players get tempted to dry dodgy stuff like scratching the ball or stepping on it which would probably get them in trouble as well but actually bringing sandpaper out to rough the ball up takes it a step further. It was pretty low of them to get the youngest player in the team to carry it out as well. Seemed like Smith was originally trying to dodge too much responsibility by saying it was a 'leadership group' that made the decision but actually it turned out to just be him and Warner.
Can believe that Warner might have been the driving force behind it though, he's a really nasty character