Bancroft hopes to win over critics
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Cameron Bancroft hit an unbeaten and match-winning 151 on his one-day debut for Durham as the disgraced Australia batsman started to repay the English county’s faith in him.
“Hopefully (I’m winning the crowd over). I’m just going out there to enjoy my cricket and to enjoy playing for Durham. Hopefully, making some runs and if that’s going to win them over, fantastic,” he said.
Bancroft was banned for nine months after being caught in the Australia ball-tampering scandal during their tour of South Africa last year
The “sandpaper-gate” incident during the Newlands Test against South Africa also led to Bancroft’s Australia teammates Steve Smith and David Warner receiving yearlong suspensions. After returning in Australia’s Big Bash League in December, and playing in Western Australia’s Sheffield Shield campaign, Bancroft joined up with Durham.
Durham, under a new Australian director of cricket in Marcus North, attracted criticism when they recruited Bancroft and controversially appointed the 26-year-old captain.
Making his maiden limited overs debut, Bancroft led his team to a 72-run win at home to Northamptonshire in a One-Day Cup match at Chester-le-Street on Wednesday. Bancroft plundered five sixes and eight fours in a 188-minute stay at the crease as Durham went on to score 342 for five from their 50 overs.
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