Former Australia captain Tim Paine’s enjoying profession could also be over, with the wicketkeeper omitted from Tasmania’s checklist of contracted gamers.
Paine, 37, stepped down as Test skipper within the leadup to the house Ashes sequence after a ‘sexting’ scandal and took an indefinite “mental health break” from the sport.
A Cricket Tasmania spokesperson mentioned on Thursday Paine was not given a contract by his house state as a result of he was nonetheless on psychological well being go away from the nationwide governing physique Cricket Australia.
Paine was accused by a former Cricket Tasmania receptionist of sending sexually express messages to her 4 years in the past however the cricketer mentioned they had been consensual.
He was cleared by an inner investigation in 2018 which was not revealed to the general public till late final yr.
Paine’s accuser Renee Ferguson has launched a sexual harassment declare in opposition to Cricket Tasmania.
Ferguson has individually been accused of stealing cash from Cricket Tasmania and her case is earlier than a Hobart courtroom.
She denies the.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
