It didn't look right. Obviously something was going on
Ray Illingworth recalls the day Mike Atherton was accused of ball-tampering .
George Binoy
25-Feb-2013
Ray Illingworth recalls the day Mike Atherton was accused of ball-tampering.
The first I was aware of any problem was when the South Africa team manager, Mike Procter, came to see me on the Saturday afternoon and said: "You'd better have a look at this." I thought he was joking at first but, when I saw the TV footage of Mike Atherton with the ball, I agreed with Procter that it didn't look right
George Binoy is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo