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    A SHORT HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN CRICKET AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE BOARD AND THE LEADING PLAYERS By Mike Wille from Melbourne. Lollo, the Brains Trust, and I use the phrase loosely, behind these talks, has asked that the subject of the talk be something that the speaker feels passionate about and also controversial in order to stimulate debate and discussion. I am going to talk about Australian Cricket and how I believe that the Board of Cricket Australia is primarily responsible for the Ball Tampering Incident that occured in South Africa. I am passionate about Cricket and my earliest memories involve Cricket. I can remember vividly the first tour that took place after WW2. The Indians toured England in the summer of 1946. The Team was captained by The Nawab of Pataudi and included players with exotic names such as Vijay Merchant, Vinoo Mankad, Lala Amarnath, Mustaq Ali, ...