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Ball tampering in cricket is not a new ball game

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Sometimes it is nigh on impossible to keep a sense of proportion around sports.

At the start of this week, a British yachtsman was swept overboard and lost in the Southern Ocean during the Volvo Ocean Race.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on March 31, 2018, with the headline Ball tampering in cricket is not a new ball game. Subscribe