Saltburn Cricket Club: Jonathan Agnew on the ‘finger clicking’ scandal

Devin, Banned by the club, External Must have proper listening skills and tell his side of the story. People jump to conclusions very quickly and they are probably right, but until a proper investigation is done, it is difficult to judge.

For me, the wicketkeeper, Josh Bowes, is the man who will finally know what happened. Unless Devine says anything, the wicketkeeper is the star witness for the prosecution and the defence. Frankly, it’s up to him.

Considering we’re all getting the verdict from some pretty grainy video, if Devin manages to snap his fingers out loud from anything else the referee can hear, he should be clearly punished.

Anyone caught cheating in any sport takes that risk. They take the risk of being exposed as fraud and will be punished as fraud.

Then he has to decide about the group itself and other people who know about it and are part of it.

But this can happen only after proper hearing and due process.

To be honest, these things happen in cricket – people always push to try and get an advantage. The only sport I know of that doesn’t, and I’ll gladly stand corrected here, is golf, because it has a self-regulatory nature.

This kind of thing goes on when you have a referee or a referee trying as a player.

During my playing days, I remember standing at first slip in a county match when West Indies fast bowler Andy Roberts played for us (Leicestershire).

The wicketkeeper, whose name I will not mention at the time, ran wildly on the spot, distracting the bowler as he ran.

We have ball-tampering scandals – all these things – and they all fall under the same bracket of foul play and bring the game into disrepute.

I mean the whole question of cricket is an incredibly difficult path to walk. These things happen and everyone has a different perspective.

It starts with everyone having a different perspective or interpretation of the spirit of cricket and very few people agree with that. Then it starts from there. It is extremely difficult to find consensus on these things.

But it goes on everywhere, all over the world. I know there was a big story in Australia as well, but I’ve played cricket in Australia and I think I’m very experienced in knowing how Australians play class cricket.

Their league cricket is uncompromising, brutal and I’ve definitely seen a sharp practice in the two or three seasons I’ve played there.

It is not the first event and it will not be the last. The important thing now is that we get a complete and accurate diagnosis.

Jonathan Agnew spoke to BBC Sport journalist Mark Higginson.