What is ball tampering in cricket and why is Australia captivated by it?
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Players have always tried to keep cricket balls in specific conditions to control their behavior. Australians used a piece of sandpaper to manipulate a ball, which brought attention to these secretive practices in the sport.
Keeping the cricket ball in the perfect condition to behave the way you want it to has always been a part of cricket, but the Australians and their yellow scrap of sandpaper shed harsh light on the sport's so-called dark arts.