🥊Mild
Stuart Broad Counts Down Steve Smith's Farewell at The Oval
England vs Australia
31 July 2023
Stuart Broad, in his final Test, cheekily counted down to Steve Smith's supposedly final Test innings, winding up the Australian.
#broad#smith#ashes
🥊Serious
Jofra Archer's Bouncer Fells Steve Smith — 2019 Ashes
England vs Australia
17 August 2019
Jofra Archer's fierce bouncer struck Steve Smith on the neck, felling him and forcing him out of the next Test with delayed concussion symptoms.
#archer#smith#bouncer
📋Explosive
Ball Tampering Laws — Tightened After Sandpaper Gate
ICC vs Ball Maintenance
2018-03-24
The Sandpaper Gate scandal — where Australia used sandpaper to illegally alter the ball in Cape Town — triggered the most significant tightening of ball-tampering laws in cricket history, including dramatically increased suspensions and a formal distinction between accidental and premeditated tampering.
#ball-tampering#sandpaper-gate#2018