Australia's Tim Paine quits Test captaincy following sexting scandal
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Australia's Test captain Tim Paine has resigned from captaincy just weeks ahead of Ashes 2021 series which begins down under after being embroiled in a sexting scandal. Australian media reported on Friday that Paine sent a former Cricket Tasmania employee a “d*** pic” and a series of lewd messages on the eve of the 2017/18 Ashes series. Paine announced his resignation from the captaincy at a press conference in Hobart on Friday afternoon.