Cricket: What 2018 has taught us?

#1 No player is greater than the game

The Sandpaper gate incident

The biggest lesson to be learned from this year that no player is bigger than the game itself. One of the big test playing nations brought a lot of hardship, trauma to the fans all over the world with this horrific incident.

The aftermath of this event, Two of the finest cricketers to play this game and a promising young player from Australia were banned. This incident took place in South Africa when the Australians found it difficult to reverse swing the ball.

While ICC only banned these players for two matches, the Australian board took the matter into their own hands and banned Steve Smith, and David Warner for a whole year, and Cameron Bancroft for nine months.

This decision by the Australian board sent a clear message that none of the players are above the game. This verdict also showed how the Australians played the game. The Australian team is still finding to recover from this horrific incident, but that is what happens when a team does not play by the rules.