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I made my own mistake in 1981, and the shame is rarely about the act alone

Greg Chappell says the underarm incident and the 2018 ball-tampering scandal show Australian cricket rewarded winning over judgment.

It’s tempting to say Newlands was the fault of three men, and the game is cleaner for having punished them. I don’t believe that. The harder lesson points back at the rest of us.

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I made my own mistake in 1981, and the shame is rarely about the act alone

It’s tempting to say Newlands was the fault of three men, and the game is cleaner for having punished them. I don’t believe that. The harder lesson points back at the rest of us.

·North Sydney, Australia
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Sydney Morning Herald broke the news in North Sydney, Australia on Thursday, November 12, 2026.
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