Du Plessis sweet saga sucks
The fuss over Faf du Plessis allegedly using a sweet to help shine the ball is distracting from Australia's bigger problems
ESPNcricinfo staff
22-Nov-2016
Writing in the Guardian, Geoff Lemon gets his teeth into the Faf du Plessis sweet affair and suggests that "a ball-tampering charge for lolly-munching is pure confection". In a pun-filled piece, Lemon says this sticky issue boils down to a sour sideshow:
All this over a mint. Perhaps it's about whipping up interest in the third Test, so a disaffected public will switch on to the day-night showpiece despite the series being decided. But the nature of South Africa's on-field achievements is where the attention should be, and to suggest a bit of sugar takes the shine off them is way too fresh. Three winning tours to Australia in a row is among the rarest of feats, and the touring side remains 2-0 in front, with the chance to deliver the first visiting whitewash on these shores. They may well suggest the detractors suck on that.