{"id":256809,"date":"2025-11-02T04:04:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T04:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/256809\/"},"modified":"2025-11-02T04:04:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T04:04:13","slug":"victorian-premier-cricket-rocked-by-allegations-of-ball-tampering-during-first-xi-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/256809\/","title":{"rendered":"Victorian Premier Cricket rocked by allegations of ball-tampering during First XI clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\"><a class=\"css-1lg16vp-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" data-link-type=\"article-inline\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/sport\/cricket\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cricket<\/a> Victoria is set to investigate allegations of ball-tampering in a First XI match.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Victorian Premier Cricket operations boss Darren Anderson confirmed on Sunday morning that an umpires\u2019 report was being prepared for CV after an incident during Casey South Melbourne\u2019s clash with Melbourne on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Umpires noticed almost instantly when the ball came in from the outfield out of condition on one side.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-178igh4-StyledParagraph e1s06mna1\">Know the news with the 7NEWS app: <a class=\"css-cvgehw-StyledContextualLink e1s06mna0\" href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/app?utm_source=7NEWS&amp;utm_medium=contextual-link-app&amp;utm_campaign=7news-app\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Download today <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/static\/media\/right-red-arrow.92bca5db.svg\" alt=\"Download today\" height=\"14\" width=\"20\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">It\u2019s alleged the ball had been scraped along the concrete boundary early on Day 2 of the game. It was replaced immediately.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">A photo from the ground shows a red mark along the concrete, which appears to support the allegation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Anderson said the ball in question would be collected from the umpires on Monday, after their written report was lodged with officials.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cFrom what I understand, it happened early and the umpires noticed something that didn\u2019t seem right and under the laws of cricket followed the procedures from there,\u2019\u2019 Anderson told <a class=\"css-1lg16vp-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" data-link-type=\"article-inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldsun.com.au\/sport\/cricket\/victorian-premier-cricket-probes-casey-south-melbourne-ball-tampering-claims\/news-story\/94e8fb8644a62d2f9b40c677a948f41b\">News Corp.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Casey South Melbourne is aware that one of their players has been reported for a level three offence.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"css-6fiqrm-StyledLinkWrapper e1y7kr221\" href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/sport\/cricket\/former-new-zealand-captain-kane-williamson-announces-retirement-from-t20-international-cricket-c-20549358\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>All-time cricket legend announces retirement<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xp0jgm-StyledTimeToRead e1y7kr223\">2 min read<\/p>\n<p><\/a><a class=\"css-6fiqrm-StyledLinkWrapper e1y7kr221\" href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/sport\/cricket\/aussie-star-josh-hazlewood-leaves-t20-series-to-continue-ashes-preparation-in-sheffield-shield-c-20542481\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>Aussie star leaves T20 series immediately after MCG domination<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xp0jgm-StyledTimeToRead e1y7kr223\">2 min read<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cricket Victoria is set to investigate allegations of ball-tampering in a First XI match. 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