5 cricketers who got away with ball-tampering very easily 

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#4 Michael Atherton, England

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Atherton tampered the ball using the dirt on the pitch

This incident of ball-tampering is not news for those who followed cricket in the early 1990s. Former England captain Michael Atherton collected dirt from the pitch, put it in his pocket, applied it on the ball and was caught on camera doing all of it.

Now a journalist, Atherton was not reprimanded by the then ICC match referee Peter Burge, despite his wrongdoing coming to the fore. However, the England Cricket Board, realising the triviality of the issue, had imposed a generous fine on the cricketer.

For a captain to cheat the game, and being let off without any charges, would have caused a huge protest in current times.

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