Australian cricketers

I too thought the crying was really overdone and how was his cheating a mistake?

Absolutely- pathetic. Grow up and take your punishment - not only are you a disgraceful cheat you are a bully who used a junior player to do your dirty work.

Yes, pathetic.
It reminds me of that book ‘Real Men Don’t Eat Quiche’.

Real people don’t cheat in the first place, if they’ve done something stupid and dishonest they own up to it without behaving like cry-babies.
Pass the sick-bag

I can't believe I am hearing about Australian males - weeping and gnashing away.

I know the Australians like winning - but not by cheating.

Disgraceful and pathetic.

My ❣️For them, poor little boys.
As if?

All that lost sponsorship - I suppose it would make you weep wouldn’t it?

The photo of Steve Smith that the Guardian was using on its article earlier today made me burst out laughing. Clearly the photographer was not sympathetic...

Can be seen here too

www.newindianexpress.com/sport/cricket/2018/mar/29/tearful-steve-smith-takes-full-responsibility-for-ball-tampering-scandal-1794276.html

Does it really warrant all the airtime that it’s being given? Every news programme for the last few days!

It seems unlikely that they were clocked on the very first time they "bent the rules". So how long has it been going on??

No sympathy here! They cheated. They got caught. Oh, dear me!! They can just switch off their crocodile tears and face up to the fact that they did wrong and were found out and have to face the consequences.

I have just switched them off- couldn't stand it- if you cheat you take thè consequences.

I think I'd have had more respect for him if he'd grinned all over his face and said, 'Well I got caught so that's a bummer. Sorry, folks!'

The crying was almost as shameful as the cheating. Grow up you big wuss.

I was disgusted, crying about hurting his Mum. He knew he was cheating and I think he should heve been banned from professional cricket for -at least 5 years.

My mum would have "given me something to cry about" if I were him.

So so stupid, not worth the risk at all and now his career and reputation gone to hell, fine example of a captain and vice captain

Tears usually move me, these ones made me cross I wanted to tell them to grow up, stupid cheaters haven’t even the bxxxs to say sorry without false blabbing, do they really think that we are taking in by them

This wasn't something done on the spur of the moment but planned over lunch! The tears are because they were caught, I wonder if they had got away with it whether his conscience would have made him admit it or would he have laughed about it and then do it again.

What gets me is crying for the hurt to his family, he was hurting them when he did the cheating, that was the betrayal , being caught hurt him

He's crying because he got caught!

As they say in Australia - 'What a wuss'

I think he should heve been banned from professional cricket for -at least 5 years.
At least MargaretX

The Australian team has a dreadful reputation for its beviour in general on the field - they are past masters at the art of sledging which usually includes incredibly disgraceful comments about the WAGs of the opposing team. It would be good if this latest issue forced a change of behaviour but I won’t hold my breath. I couldn’t possibly cry for the hurt to his family.