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Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull 'shocked' by ball-tampering row in Cape Town Test

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull slammed the country's national cricket team on Sunday following the ball-tampering scandal in the Cape Town Test.

"We all woke up this morning shocked and bitterly disappointed by the news from South Africa," Turnbull told reporters. "It seemed completely beyond belief that the Australian cricket team had been involved in cheating.

"After all, our cricketers are role models and cricket is synonymous with fair play. How can our team by engaged in cheating like this? It beggars belief. There's a lot of disappointment," he added.

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