Sydney<\/p>\n
Australian cricket is drawing up a cultural blueprint in which players will pledge to uphold certain standards in a move away from their win-at-all-costs mentality, according to skipper Tim Paine.<\/p>\n
The player charter is being developed in the wake of a ball-tampering scandal in March that rocked the game and cost captain Steve Smith and his deputy David Warner their jobs.<\/p>\n
Coach Darren Lehmann also resigned amid criticism that he allowed an attitude within the team to flourish that led to the embarrassing episode.
\nTwo reviews into the state of the game were set up in the aftermath\u2014one focusing on the culture within Cricket Australia and the other into the team.<\/p>\n
Paine told the Sydney Morning Herald Wednesday that he and new coach Justin Langer were playing a central role in formalising a blueprint for players to follow to ensure such scandals never happen again.<\/p>\n
He said the new team charter, linked to the reviews, could be in place ahead of their Test series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates next month.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s going to be how we go about it, how we want to be seen and what we are about,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s really important. We are the lucky ones that get to represent our country and pull on that baggy green cap, which is a huge privilege.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI think we have to go back to that and just remember that we are Australia\u2019s team we are not the Australian cricket team. We don\u2019t own it,\u201d the wicketkeeper-batsman added.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are just here for the ride and it\u2019s important that we leave that team in a better place to when we went into it.\u201d Under the charter, which will be separate to Cricket Australia\u2019s code of conduct and encourage a hard-but-fair attitude, players will be held to account by their peers.<\/p>\n
Paine told the newspaper it was as much about improving cricketers as \u201cpeople\u201d as it was about the team\u2019s on-field actions.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to build a culture that makes people want to be better and produce not only better cricketers but better people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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