Durham defend making Bancroft their captain
(WorldNews Pakistan)

LONDON: Durham insisted shamed Australia batsman Cameron Bancroft is `the best available option` to captain the northeast English county. Bancroft was banned for nine months for ball-tampering in a Test against South Africa in Cape Town last March while Australia captain Steve Smith and deputy David Warner received year-long suspensions. Bancroft’s ban ended in December. The 26-year-old, acting under what he later said was pressure from Warner, applied sandpaper to the ball and then hid the...