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Cheating Is Wrong... But Is Trial By Social Media Equally Problematic?

An American club golfer is facing a social media backlash after admitting to fabricating a hole-in-one, but has it gone too far?

Golf Monthly · Aug 14

Clicky Ponting, viral catches, and the strange new era of amateur cricket streams

Livestreaming services such as FrogBox give grassroots players their big moments for posterity, but Saltburn saga shows how digital age brings tricky double edge

The Guardian - UK · Aug 5

Clickgate: what cricket cheating scandal reveals about the nebulous ‘spirit’ of the game

Cricket, by some metrics the world’s second most popular sport, has a penchant for producing rather peculiar scandals. UK-Australian relations were put under significant strain over the way that Harold Larwood, a coal miner from Nottinghamshire who could hurl cricket balls at batters very quickly, bowled at Don Bradman and…

The Conversation · Jul 31

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‘Clicky Ponting’ cheating scandal: League chiefs voice welfare concerns for Saltburn players

An investigation is currently ongoing into the ‘Clicky Ponting’ cheating scandal that has rocked club cricket

The Independent UK · Jul 31

The Guardian view on sporting fair play: it was never quite cricket

Editorial: Saltburn’s alleged trickery caused outrage, but cricket’s moral code conceals a rich history of cheating and convenient national myth

The Guardian - UK · Jul 30

Saltburn concede match after ‘Clicky Ponting’ cricket scandal goes viral

Saltburn Cricket Club have been forced to cancel a match after becoming embroiled in a finger-clicking scandal. Saltburn’s second team were due to face Marton’s second XI in a cup fixture on Wednesday, but have conceded the game after telling BBC Sport that they could not get enough players due…

The Independent UK · Jul 29

‘Saltburn are the Argentina of local cricket’: victims and neighbours on the ‘Clicky Ponting’ scandal

Laughter, disbelief and outrage over video appearing to show Saltburn player tricking umpire into giving batters out

The Guardian - UK · Jul 29

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