Tainted Australian cricketer Steve Smith’s father, Peter, has dumped his son’s cricket kit in garage after the former was banned by Cricket Australia for 12 months for his involvement in the ball tampering scandal. Peter took out Smith’s kit from the car and dumped it in the garage. He went on to say, “He’ll be fine, he’ll survive, he’ll survive.” A video was released for the same.
Smith, who broke down multiple times during the course of a brief media interaction, said that the ‘biggest mistake’ that he committed was to allow ball tampering to take place under his watch. However, he went onto say that something this this won’t happen in the future.
“For me, my weakness … I have made a big mistake for allowing this to happen. This is the first time I have seen this happen and it will never be happening again. I don’t blame anyone, I’m the captain of the Australian team and I take responsibility for the actions that happened,” said Smith.
“I love the game of cricket and playing for my nation and my state there is no greater pride for me. I am extremely disappointed and regret my actions. I am sorry to the people who have looked up to me around the world, especially the kids. I know I’m a role model and haven’t acted like one in this instance,” he added.
