ALASTAIR COOK has admitted that England’s players had suspicions Australia were ball-tampering during the Ashes. Former captain Cook has finally gone public with a view that has niggled away at the England team in private for the past few months. It comes with Australian cricket still in turmoil following the sandpaper scandal in Cape Town last month and captain Steve Smith, vice-captain David Warner and batsman Cameron Bancroft all suspended. When asked whether he thought anything untoward happened during the Ashes, Cook replied: “Yeah, a little bit. We did think in Perth, when the outfield was wet after the rain, and they managed to get the ball reversing. “But there’s also that thing about whether reverse swing comes when you bowl more quickly. “Back in 2005, for example, England had Andrew Flintoff and Simon Jones, who were quicker than the Aussies and managed to get the ball to reverse swing. “We have to be very careful but we were curious in the Ashes at certain moments. But we couldn’t get the ball up to 90mph and they consistently could.” MOST READ IN SPORTROLLING STONES John Stones set for Man City exit with Pep ready to axe English defender ‘I was… Read full this story
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