5 most bizarre things cricketers use for tampering the ball 

Steve Smith and David Warner have been banned from all forms of cricket for a year
Steve Smith and David Warner have been banned from all forms of cricket for a year

#3 A bottle top

Chris Pringle played 14 Tests and 64 One Day Internationals for New Zealand between 1990 and 1995.
Chris Pringle played 14 Tests and 64 One Day Internationals for New Zealand between 1990 and 1995.

Former New Zealand pacer Chris Pringle was not punished by the concerned, but he admitted to his offence anyway. Pringle claimed a career-best 11 wickets for 152 runs in a Test against Pakistan at Faisalabad' on a batting friendly wicket.

He himself, later on, revealed that he did so with the hell of a bottle top with which he scratched the ball.

This is what he exactly did - cut the bottle top into quarters, applied tape on it excluding on the sharp point. He then hid it in his pocket and tampered the ball during the game.

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