Former Australian coach Darren Lehmann, who stepped down from his position after the ball tampering incident involving Cameron Bancroft, David Warner and Steve Smith earlier this year, said that Bancroft should have made the Australian coaching staff aware of being suggested to tamper the ball before he followed through on it.
Bancroft had revealed in an interview with Adam Gilchrist on Fox Sports that Warner had asked him to follow through on the tampering, but that ultimately, he took responsibility for it.
“Yeah he could’ve and should’ve (come to the coaches), I think he says that,” Lehmann told Macquarie Sport Radio.
“He should’ve come to us, at the end of the day it was a mistake — we know that. (It was) a severe mistake made by the guys and a lot of people have suffered one way or the other through that.
“We know it shouldn’t have happened, but it did.”
Lehmann also spoke about Steve Smith’s involvement in the saga, saying, “Smith as captain, his disappointing thing that he spoke about was as captain of the country he should’ve had more control of it.
