The world of cricket has been rocked by scandal. The Australian team was caught “ball tampering” (that is to say cheating) during a recent game in South Africa. The fallout has been handled terribly.

James and Nic are livid, so they jumped into the studio to talk about the crisis communications failure of Cricket Australia. It’s a real case study in what not to do.

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• Here’s some background on the cricket scandal.

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