I think the way Cricket Australia has dealt with this has been excellent really.
I happened to have registered for an account with them when setting up my fantasy big bash team and everyone with an account has received 3 updates this week, keeping everyone informed of what the current situation was and all were sent a copy of the statement personally addressed from the Head of
, Mr. Sutherland
I been thinking a lot recently before this came out that there it irked me that Australia seemed to think it was their place to set the line in terms of what is ok and what isn’t with reference to sledging etc. So there’s definitely a significant feeling of schadenfruede for me, watching Smith and Warner who come across as the 2 most irritating members of the side get their comeuppance
Having heard their explanation I sort of believe that Lehman didn’t know about it, maybe that is naive, but there’s no way the bowlers weren’t at the very least aware of it.