That’s not true, I watched and he most certainly did own it. He said that his values at the time were to fit in, and so he accepted doing that so he would get the sense he fit in. He owned that and said he was wrong. He even made a point of going into the umpires admitting what he did and how he was wrong and how he was ashamed.
Maybe try and watch it, the paper is only selectively saying what he said.
Yeah I agree. I don’t like the way he comes across when he talks. Sounds like an idiot
I watched it. Still sounds like an idiot
So do you but I won’t hold that against you. 
Shane Warne talked about fitting in and feeling like you belong once. he talked about trying to do whatever was aked of you no matter how silly so that you would be part of the team and stay there, you are so desperate to make it.
He said it took a while but one wicket changed it all for him and he found he could be himself, he fit in and belonged and he didn’t need to prove himself to the rest of the blokes.
To me that is how Bancroft sounds and he lacked the courage to be himself in that moment and say no. Possibly because similar things happen at domestic and grade level so it doesn’t seem that bad.
Didn’t assorted Nazis at the Nuremberg trials trot out the “only trying to fit in” crap.
Yeah but that was just being used to lesson the punishment if possible, a defensive strategy. Also they committed murders, rape and other assorted activities, Bancroft only used sandpaper on a cricket ball, so not sure the analogy really works.
This is one boring pitch
Only used sand paper on the ball eh? We should be glad he didn’t hide an orbital sander in his pants.
Should have got 5 years plus a few extra for stupidity
I don’t think the pitch is entirely to blame, quite frankly.
Can’t make the batsmen play half-trackers.
I reckon Mitch Marsh is a reasonable pace bowler, but he’s more of the same: run in and and hit the seam line and length… etc.
We need to find a “bag of tricks” sort of a bowler, like early Steve Waugh / Ian Harvey / Nathan Bracken to come in and give a bit of something different, when there’s a partnership that needs breaking.
I don’t recall the 150 runs taking all that long.
There’s a little crack on a good length pretty much on middle stump.
Not of any note at the moment, but worth watching.
First one to use a Nazi analogy loses
That sketch is so so so underrated
Crazy.
Santo is underrated
Woot!!!
Pat Cummins is a friggin star.
Gets bounce from quicksand.