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Twenty20 paceman Dirk Nannes does not agree with Shahid Afridi's claims on ball tampering. He said that bowlers can be equally effective without it.
The Pakistani skipper has been banned from two T20 matches after he was caught in the camera biting the seam off the ball and tampering with it in the Perth One-day International. He said defending his action that it is common practice by the bowlers and should be legalised.
Nannes, who is in the Australian squad for Friday night's Twenty20 game said,"It's no secret that everyone wants to change the condition of the ball but that's through shining the ball and things like that.Everyone around the world does that in cricket."
Nannes said he did not know of anyone in Australia or England who had done anything to alter the condition of a ball, even though bowlers were capable of gaining conventional or reverse swing.
Nannes said,"I'm not really sure what he was referring to with those comments, but I know that we don't do that sort of thing and I don't know anyone around the country who actually does it."
