<img title="South Africa skipper Faf du Plessis" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2014/jun/plessis4apr.jpg" alt="South Africa skipper Faf du Plessis" width="650" height="394" /> South Africa skipper Faf du Plessis
Hobart: South Africa insisted a ball-tampering controversy had been &ldquo;blown out of proportion&rdquo; yesterday as they kept their focus on a third straight series win in Australia.
Skipper Faf du Plessis was unmoved by accusations of tampering in South Africa&rsquo;s thumping 177-run first Test win, saying Australia also got the ball to reverse-swing.
Du Plessis was warned by the umpires for deliberately bouncing the ball along the ground, to rough it up.
&ldquo;I think it&rsquo;s been blown out of proportion. We were watching the first innings in Perth and they (Australia) got the ball to reverse in the 25th over,&rdquo; he said in Hobart, where the second Test starts today.
&ldquo;I was quite impressed. I was trying to see how they were doing it because that meant they were doing something right. Twenty-five overs is very early for ball to reverse.
&ldquo;We are a bowling attack and we enjoy bowling with a swinging ball. To say it was only for us is not true. It was 50-50 the amount of reverse swing throughout that Test. The Aussies did it really well.&rdquo;

South Africa insisted a ball-tampering controversy had been &ldquo;blown out of proportion&rdquo; yesterday as they kept their focus on a third straight series win in Australia

Ball-tampering issue blown up, says Faf du Plessis 

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South Africa insisted a ball-tampering controversy had been &ldquo;blown out of proportion&rdquo; yesterday as they kept their focus on a third straight series win in Australia

Ball-tampering issue blown up, says Faf du Plessis

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