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More reaction to Atherton ball-tampering controversy.

England and Yorkshire legend Geoff Boycott has reopened the ball-tampering row by revealing that many of his team-mates cheated. "I have to put my hand on my heart and admit I have seen players in teams I've played in tampering with the ball. "It was wrong. They all knew it was wrong because it was done secretly." he says in C4's "Devil's Advocate" - previewed in the Daily Mirror.

Former Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar has entered the balltampering row by accusing England skipper Mike Atherton of unfair tactics against South Africa. "He was in breach of cricket's law under fair and unfair play. He was guilty of unfair play," said Gavaskar in the Bombay Midday newspaper. Gavaskar has also alleged that Atherton knew what he was doing was wrong when he rubbed the ball with dirt.