Paine stepped down less than three weeks before the start of the Ashes series against England, after admitting that he had been investigated over messages sent to him in the past cricket tasmania female staff in 2017 before taking over the captaincy.
Daniel Breitig wrote, “By deciding not to bring the issue into the public eye … the leadership of the day showed a preference for brand management, as opposed to the real and lasting cultural change that CA promised for Newlands.” did it later.” In the Sydney Morning Herald.
The wicketkeeper was cleared of wrongdoing in a 2017 investigation and was seen as a safe substitute to replace Steve Smith after the ball-tampering scandal involving his predecessor in South Africa in 2018.
But Paine stood out after Melbourne’s Herald Sun newspaper published an alleged text message exchange between him and a former Cricket Tasmania employee, claiming that a colleague had complained that he had taken an unsolicited photo of his genitals. was sent.
Cricket officials rallied around Penn, revealing that the woman had complained to him after he was accused of theft after resigning from his job.
Cricket Tasmania stated that Paine’s “conversations” with the woman were “consensually, private, occurred on only one occasion … and were not repeated.”
The Australian senior cricket writer Gideon High wrote, “Pain’s embarrassment is, apparently, acute; so will his family, unseen on Friday, but, no doubt, the victim personally.”
“Yet CA’s board has effectively chosen to add to his reticence, because to do so otherwise is to jeopardize his corporate reputation – the reputation Pine helped greatly in rebuilding.”
Meanwhile, former Australia international Greg Chappell has backed vice-captain Pat Cummins to replace Paine.
“Luckily, they have an excellent candidate in Pat Cummins, ready to go,” Chappell wrote in the Sydney Morning Herald.
“Like Penn before him, Cummins will need to not only lead the team, but rebuild the role and the confidence in Australian cricket again.”
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