The media is questioning the reasons for Cricket Australia after Tim Pain left

Cricket Australia has been criticized for its decision not to disclose the investigation into Tim Paine’s national sports integrity unit, with commentators on Friday following the resignation of former Test captain.

Pain left the post Less than three weeks before the start of the Ashes series against England, Cricket admitted in 2017 that it had been investigated for messages sent to a former Tasmanian female employee before taking over the captaincy.

“By deciding not to bring the issue to the public … the day’s leadership showed the priority of brand management over the real and lasting cultural change promised by the CA after Newlands,” Daniel Brettig wrote. in Sydney Morning Herald.

The Wicketkeeper was removed from failure in the 2017 poll and was considered a safe option when he was appointed to replace Steve Smith, following a 2018 ball handling scandal in South Africa. Solar forecaster the newspaper published alleged text messages exchanges between him and a former Tasmanian employee of Cricket, alleging that his colleague had sent an unsolicited photo of his genitals.

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Cricket authorities have gathered around Paine and revealed that the woman only complained to him after she was accused of theft as a result of leaving her job. Pain’s “interaction” with the woman was “agreed, private, only happened once … and it wasn’t repeated,” Cricket Tasmania said.

“Pain’s embarrassment is obviously sharp; it will be so for his family, not seen on Friday, but no doubt suffered in private, ”he wrote AustralianGideon Haigh is the main writer of cricket.

“However, the CA board has decided to add to their mortification, otherwise doing so would jeopardize its corporate reputation – Pain helped tremendously in rebuilding its reputation.”

Meanwhile, former Australian international Greg Chappell has backed vice-captain Pat Cummins to take on Paine’s replacement. “He’s lucky they have a great candidate for Pat Cummins, ready to go,” Chappell wrote. Sydney Morning Herald.

“Pain, like his predecessor, will have to regain faith in Cummin’s role on paper and in Australian cricket.”