SportSMH.com.au‘I made a pretty strong stand’: How Travis Head stamped out a ball-tampering plot
Travis Head has revealed he threatened to drop any South Australian player who tampered with the ball, inspired by watching friends suffer through sandpapergate.
Travis Head has opened up on how he shut down a ball-tampering plot as captain of his state, and why the memories of sandpapergate influence how Australia now plays cricket.
Travis Head has spoken publicly for the first time about shutting down a ball-tampering discussion in the South Australian dressing room when he was captain.
Head told players they would lose their place in the side if they tampered, backed up by his deputy Alex Carey, regardless of what other teams were doing.
Head says the memory of sandpapergate and what close friends went through still shapes how the current Australian Test team approaches the game.
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