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Message: [QUOTE="Fitzy, post: 3335337, member: 9881"] Yeah I don't agree one bit that Steve shouldn't be allowed back as captain. Quite honestly if you don't have an issue with Steve being in the side or even as vice-captain than you can't complain when he is rightfully the best man for the job. If you seriously think that Pat Cummins would be a good captain your already buying this nice guys should be captains bullshit. Quite honestly Paine won us a series against England (technically was Smith but Paine can take the credit) and against New Zealand (Marnus, Warner and Cummins doings) so really don't rate his stint that highly, better than when he started yes but still. Paine was a gazillion times more qualified to be captain than Cummins currently is. Quite honestly if Cummins gets captain Australian cricket and its fans are in for a world of pain (No pun intended) over the next few years. It will be a tough situation to get out of because there are blokes like marnus and head who are a few years off being probably ideal candidates for that role whether that be because of performances or maturity. Cummins is a great bloke, player and character. However these are captaincy traits of other sports, not cricket. Cricket captains need a knowledge of the game like no other sport and quite frankly Pat is not that. He is a poster boy that relieves CA's tensions and I think it is a very wrong move. As for those who think Smith doesn't deserve the chance to captain again are childish and need to get over themselves. Ball tampering has occurred in cricket from schoolboy, 6th grade all the way to Test cricket since christ was a baby. The ICC sanctions were 3 game suspensions each, however the Aussie media needed there pay day and did there team no favours, like they are currently doing and tried tricking the public that ball tampering doesn't occur every 2 seconds. CA were the only governing body who made players accountable and as a result have to suffer for it at an unprecedented rate. Faf Du Plessis (multiple times), Monty Panesar (all through his career), England players (multiple allegations: Trescothick, Broad, Anderson, Panesar), Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Pakistani cricket team in 2006 and Dinesh Chandimal most recently. All these players have been rumour to have, guilty of or admitted to ball tampering. Yes it was cowardly to bring Sandpaper onto the field, but the same intent has been showed by a number of other teams who have specificities on the types of mints they use for the shine, all the way through to sunscreen in pockets. It's a joke the way other nations carry themselves in there actions towards Aussies when they are just as guilty and hypocritical of ball tampering. So yes quite honestly people like you who are quite ignorant to how common this are really have stitched up Steve Smith and co. from there legacy, roles and captaincy in the long term. Especially considering that the report to this day was that Steve wasn't the instigator or participator rather just spinelessly ignored it. Knowing you all you will use that as an example not to pick him, but he will have learnt from his mistakes and more than definitely has served his punishment. Thus, Steve Smith should be the Captain of Australian cricket once again. [/QUOTE]

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