A few days ago, Steve Smith, now the former captain of the Australian cricket team, appeared in front of the cameras to make light of his team's ball tampering. Smith then seemed to believe that it was a pretty minor matter and insisted that he would simply 'learn' from the 'mistake' and carry on as team member and captain.
Today, having discovered that blatant cheating is considered rather more seriously by the Australian cricketing authorities, Smith has again appeared before the media but his demeanour this time was somewhat different. Apologetic and contrite, he developed a nasty case of crocodile tears as he talked of his sins.
How utterly false and nauseating. Having been found out and condemned, Smith now seeks to engender pity; for a man who is as hard as nails, this simply doesn't wash. The actions that he initiated and supervised were premediated and calculated yet now he wants us to accept that it was really just a terrible single mistake.
Poppycock. A mistake it wasn't and whether it was a single occurrence is seriously open to question. The man is a cheat of the worst kind and his behaviour today was nothing more than an attempt to cheat watchers again. Do not be fooled by the phoney tears.
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