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Much has been made of the decline of manners in modern cricket: fast bowlers’ snarled threats to tail-enders, aggressive appealing and, of course, pretty much anything involving a combination of Piers Morgan, Kevin Pietersen and Twitter.

Now South Australia bowler Daniel Worrall, clearly taking inspiration from the striking artwork usually found in the back of schoolboys’ exercise books, has set the bar at a new low. Worrall has been suspended for “bringing the game into disrepute” otherwise known in layman’s terms as scratching a penis and testicles into a wicket being prepared for an upcoming match.



Paul Amy (@PaulAmy375) The handiwork that landed SA bowler Daniel Worrall a Cricket Australia suspension for damaging the Toorak Park pitch. pic.twitter.com/sNVci0qsLr

“We are extremely disappointed in Daniel’s actions, it’s not in line with the behaviour we expect of a Redbacks player,” SA Cricket’s appropriately named high performance manager Jamie Cox said on Tuesday. “We do believe this out of character for Daniel. He regrets his behaviour and has accepted the penalty.”

Worrall has been suspended for four one-day matches or Twenty20 fixtures for breaching Cricket Australia’s code of conduct. It remains unclear how the penis and testicles will affect the batting surface.