Watching Bancroft yesterday was like watching a child in a man's body.
He seemed to be saying he was asked to cheat and agreed because he
wanted to be accepted within the team. It was kinda like a new recruit
saying I had to pass the initiation to gain full membership in the cult.
The problem at the time was that the whole team culture was shocking.
Every player had gone too far. They were offensive, over-personal and
aggressive. It seemed the team wanted to win at any cost and had forgotten
how to let the bat and the ball do the talking. My gut feeling is that some
current members of the team (bowlers) are worried it will be exposed that they
knew about the plan at the time, even though they denied it.
The current problem IMO is that the media and the public want more blood.
They knocked the three guys down nine months ago and now they want
to sink the boot in. Personally, I'm not looking forward to it. I think everything
about this incident has exposed an ugliness in this country that I find rather
sickening.
