Tim Paine Captaincy Story: Australia team’s former Test captain Tim Paine was forced to send lewd and obscene messages to the girl. Due to this, the former Australian captain had to resign from the captaincy. In 2017, Tim Paine had sent many lewd messages to a woman, these messages went viral. Penn had resigned from the Test captaincy by holding a press conference.
Tim Paine became very emotional while doing the press conference. Speaking in the conference, he had said, “I resign from the post of captain of the Australia Men’s Cricket Team. It’s a difficult decision, but the right one for my family and cricket.”
Clean chit was found in the first dispute
This incident of sending obscene messages to a Tasmanian girl came to light in 2017. At that time, Cricket Australia and Tasmania Cricket had given a clean chit to Paine after investigation and believed that he had not violated Australia Cricket’s Code of Conduct.
The controversy itself was revealed in the press conference
Team Penn himself disclosed about the controversy in the press conference held to relinquish the captaincy. While talking, he had said, “Four years back I had sent a message to a colleague. It was investigated at that time and I fully cooperated with it, then it was found in the investigation that I had not violated Cricket Australia’s code of conduct.
Penn further told that he was sorry for his mistake. While leaving the captaincy, he had also told that my wife and family are with me. Penn continued, “I was sorry for my mistake then and still am. Those private messages have been made public. I am grateful to my wife and family for being with me.” Let us tell you that Pat Cummins was appointed as the new Test captain of Australia after Team Penn.
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