{"id":78362,"date":"2021-11-20T02:43:17","date_gmt":"2021-11-20T02:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=78362"},"modified":"2021-11-20T02:43:17","modified_gmt":"2021-11-20T02:43:17","slug":"tim-paine-announces-his-decision-to-stand-down-as-australian-test-captain-on-the-eve-of-the-ashes-at-a-press-conference-by-sunil-thenabadu-sports-editor-elanka-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/tim-paine-announces-his-decision-to-stand-down-as-australian-test-captain-on-the-eve-of-the-ashes-at-a-press-conference-by-sunil-thenabadu-sports-editor-elanka-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Paine announces his decision to \u201cstand down\u201d as Australian Test captain on the eve of the Ashes at a press conference \u2013 by Sunil Thenabadu (Sports editor -eLanka)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #800000;\"><strong>Tim Paine announces his decision to \u201cstand down\u201d as Australian Test captain on the eve of the Ashes at a press conference<\/strong><strong>\u00a0\u2013<span style=\"color: #993300;\"> by Sunil Thenabadu (Sports editor -eLanka)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Paine: &#8216;I&#8217;m deeply sorry that my past behaviour has impacted our game on the eve of the Ashes\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78363\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Tim-Paine-announces-his-decision-to-stand-down-as-Australian-Test-captain-on-the-eve-of-the-Ashes-at-a-press-conference-\u2013-by-Sunil-Thenabadu-Sports-editor-eLanka.jpg\" alt=\"Tim Paine announces his decision to \u201cstand down\u201d as Australian Test captain on the eve of the Ashes at a press conference\u00a0\u2013 by Sunil Thenabadu (Sports editor -eLanka)\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UyBbhpK7iWM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-74853 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sunil-Thenabadu-411x400.jpg\" alt=\"Sunil Thenabadu\" width=\"141\" height=\"138\" \/>Tim Paine\u00a0has quit as Test captain less than three weeks before the Ashes after the emergence of an investigation four years ago by Cricket Australia for sending unambiguous messages to a female co-worker.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Paine, who has been facing a race against time to be fit for the first Ashes Test on December 8, was named in a\u00a0<em>News Corp<\/em>\u00a0report as being at the centre of the case.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">He faced media in Hobart on Friday to announce he was resigning but will remain available for selection for the Ashes. The messages date back to 2017, months before Paine was recalled to the Test team after a seven-year absence, and a joint Cricket Australia and Cricket Tasmania investigation cleared him at the time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;Today, I&#8217;m announcing my decision to stand down as the captain of the Australian men&#8217;s test team. It&#8217;s an incredibly difficult decision, but the right one for me, my family, and cricket,&#8221; Paine said as he read out a statement.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;As a background on my judgment, nearly four years ago, I was involved in a text exchange with a then-colleague. At the time, the exchange was the subject of a thorough CA Integrity Unit investigation, throughout which I fully participated in and openly participated in.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;That investigation and a Cricket Tasmania HR investigation at the same time found that there had been no breach of the Cricket Australia Code of Conduct. Although acquitted, I deeply regretted this occurrence at the time, and still do today. I spoke to my wife and family at the time and am enormously grateful for their compassion and assistance. We thought this incident was behind us and that I could focus entirely on the team, as I have done for the last three or four years.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;However, I recently became aware that this private text exchange was going to become public. On consideration, my actions in 2017 do not meet the standard of an Australian cricket captain, or the wider community. I&#8217;m deeply sorry for the hurt and pain that I have caused to my wife, my family, and to the other party. I&#8217;m sorry for any damage that this does to the status of our sport.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">He added that he felt resignation was his only option and apologised to team-mates and supporters\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;I believe that it is the right decision for me to stand down as captain, effective immediately,&#8221; he said. I do not want this to become an unwelcome interruption to the team ahead of what is a huge Ashes series.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;It&#8217;s been the greatest privilege of my sporting life to lead the Australian men&#8217;s test team. I&#8217;m grateful for the support of my team-mates and proud of what we&#8217;ve been able to achieve together.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;To them, I ask for their understanding and forgiveness. To Australian cricket fans I&#8217;m deeply sorry that my past behaviour has impacted our game on the eve of the Ashes. For the disappointment I have caused to fans and the entire cricket community, I apologise.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;I&#8217;ve been blessed with a wonderful, loving, and supportive family, and it breaks my heart to know how much I&#8217;ve let them down. They have always stood by me, been my most loyal fans, and I&#8217;m obliged to them for their assistance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;I will remain a committed member of the Australian cricket team and look forward with anticipation to what is a huge Ashes tour.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">A subsequent statement by Cricket Tasmania said the allegations had only been brought to their attention when theft charges were laid against the employee in mid-2018 and that no complaint had been made at the time of the messages in November 2017.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;As soon as Cricket Tasmania was made aware, it undertook an investigation that determined the interaction was consensual, private, occurred on the one occasion only, was between mature adults and was not repeated,&#8221; Cricket Tasmania chairman Andrew Gaggin said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;Cricket Tasmania clearly does not condone this type of behaviour and addressed the matter directly with Tim Paine. However, because of the consensual nature of the actions it was determined that no further action was required or appropriate.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Paine was elevated to the captaincy in March 2018 following the explosive fallout from the ball-tampering scandal in South Africa. Fast bowler Pat Cummins\u00a0is Australia&#8217;s current vice-captain and had been tipped to assume the role once Paine retired. If Paine was not to play the series, Alex Carey would be the frontrunner to take the gloves.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The board accepted Paine&#8217;s resignation and has said that process of identifying and appointing a new Test captain will be enhanced.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;Tim felt it was in the best concerns of his family and Australian cricket to take this decision to step down as captain,&#8221; CA chair Richard Freudenstein said. &#8220;The Board has accepted Tim&#8217;s resignation and will now work through a process with the National Selection Panel of identifying and appointing a new captain.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;While the Board acknowledges an investigation cleared Tim of any breach of the code of conduct regarding this matter some years ago, we respect his decision. 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