P3d3 CJJFAX 35£  Tue 30 May  19:10O23
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   IIL     d      'BALL TAMPERJNGg
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  England captain Mig  Ash  ton has   
  called for bbll tampering to bj     
  legalisjd - within reason.          
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  Athk5ton, at 6he centre of the      
  'diet-in-the-pocket' affair last    
  summdd, makj2 his vid6s knoun i&    
  his new book.1     p                
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  He says: "I am not alonr in         
  thinking that thu la{1 sho4nd s5    
  changed to allow certain actions    
  which the plazjrs tacitly accept as 
65 kart and zarcel of thu ksmj.        
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  "I'm talking about the use of a     
55 fingjrnbil to scratch the ball, not 
  bottletops o5 thg2u souk gv 64un'1" 
                                        
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