South Africa penalised

looks like Faf duPlesis  :-[

faf turn to fraf

Rubbing the ball on the zipper ? This could only mean that he was tampering with 3 balls and the correct sanction should be 15 runs .. 5 runs per ball

Zipper appear to be on the side Pocket ...

Not the crotch  :-[

I see Vernon scratching the ball, but what did Faf do? I didn't see anything conclusive there? I can't get audio of the YT video as my headphones are out at the moment. Could someone explain?

PS: Why did Umar Gul get away with this then?


For me that was bloody blatant as they come. Just like Vernon did here.

South Africa batsman Faf du Plessis has pleaded guilty to the charge of ball-tampering

and been fined 50% of his match fee.  :

On the same day as Saeed Ajmal was officially reprimanded for excessive celebrations - something few people even noticed - it seemed as though the variance in the punishments for offenses was too great. When considered in the context of previous players who have been suspended for the same, such as Shoaib Akhtar and Shahid Afridi who had to sit out two matches each, du Plessis can be considered to have got off lightly.

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Akhtar and Afridi who had to sit out two matches each, du Plessis got off lightl.
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du Plessis is French 

50% means he has got away very cheaply here.

not equal justice at all.

Look how they punished ramdin but this guy gets away with murder