The
36-year-old
stood
down
from
the
Australian
Test
captaincy
having
been
embroiled
in
a
lewd
text
message
scandal
from
2017,
which
was
investigated
by
Cricket
Australia
(CA)
and
Cricket
Tasmania
the
following
year.
At
the
time,
Paine
was
found
not
to
have
breached
CA’s
code
of
conduct
and
remained
as
Test
captain,
having
taken
up
the
position
in
2018
following
Steve
Smith’s
demotion
in
light
of
the
sandpaper
ball-tampering
scandal.
An
emotional
Paine
made
his
resignation
announcement
on
Friday
after
learning
the
messages
were
to
be
revealed
publicly,
and
Tasmania
chairman
Andrew
Gaggin
has
questioned
his
treatment.
Paine
plays
domestic
cricket
for
Tasmania.
“The
treatment
afforded
to
the
Australian
Test
captain
by
Cricket
Australia
has
been
appalling,”
Gaggin
said.
“It
is
clear
that
the
anger
amongst
the
Tasmania
cricket
community
and
general
public
is
palpable.
“At
a
time
when
Cricket
Australia
should
have
supported
Tim,
he
was
evidently
regarded
as
dispensable.
The
treatment
is
the
worst
since
Bill
Lawry
over
50
years
ago.”
Lawry,
who
was
sacked
as
captain
ahead
of
the
final
Test
of
the
1970-71
Ashes
series,
found
out
about
it
through
the
media.
Pat
Cummins
has
officially
replaced
Tim
Paine,
on
the
updated
digital
cover
of
Big
Ant’s
Cricket
22
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November
23,
2021
Cricket
Australia
chair
Richard
Freudenstein
and
CEO
Nick
Hockley
addressed
media
on
Saturday
and
stressed
they
were
not
in
their
current
positions
at
the
time
of
the
initial
investigation,
thus
were
not
across
the
rationale
behind
the
decisions
made.
Freudenstein
said:
“While
I
cannot
speak
about
the
original
decision-making
in
2018,
what
I
can
say
is
that
faced
with
the
same
circumstances,
and
with
the
benefit
of
all
relevant
information
about
this
matter,
Cricket
Australia
would
not
make
the
same
decisions
today.
“I
acknowledge
that
the
decision
clearly
sent
the
wrong
message
to
the
sport,
to
the
community
and
to
Tim
–
that
this
kind
of
behaviour
is
acceptable
and
without
serious
consequences.
The
role
of
Australia
captain
must
be
held
to
the
highest
standards.”
At
the
time
of
the
investigation,
David
Peever
was
CA
chair
and
James
Sutherland
was
the
organisation’s
CEO.
Freudenstein
added:
“A
decision
was
made
in
2018
and
that
decision
was
final.
The
details
weren’t
known
to
anyone
who’ve
been
on
the
board
since
that
stage.”
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