During an ODI match against Australia in 2010, the veteran Pakistani player Shahid Afridi was caught on camera biting the cricket ball in between the overs to make the movement of the ball unpredictable.
In 2006, during a Test match with England, Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq was accused of ball tampering in between the overs to grant his team bowler unfair advantage.
In March 2018, during the third Test match against South Africa at Newlands in Cape Town, Cameron Bancroft was caught by television cameras trying to rough up one side of the ball with sandpaper to make it swing in flight. Captain Steve Smith and vice-captain David Warner were found to be involved.
India were on the reciveing end of some nasty decisions by umpire Mark Benson and Steve Buckner in the Sydney Test. The decisions prompted the move for the Decision Review System (DRS) as Indian batters like Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid were adjourned out despite cameras showing they were not out.
At the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Boxing Day in 1995, Muttiah Muralitharan was no-balled by Darrell Hair for illegal bowling action. It became the main news of a tense summer of cricket in Australia.
In 1981, Australia and New Zealand were competing each other in a World Cup series. New Zealand needed six runs on the last ball and Greg Chappell, the skipper of the Australian team asked his brother Trevor to bowl the ball underarm.
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