Cricket Australia’s ball-tampering scandal could provide a huge windfall for television broadcasters at the expense of the governing body, according to Deakin University sport management expert Dr Michael Naraine. Dr Naraine, a researcher within Deakin’s Centre for Sport Research, has kept a close eye on Cricket Australia’s broadcast rights bidding process, and said the scandal could not have come at a worse time for Cricket Australia. “Tender bids for the broadcast rights across all forms of cricket were submitted just over a week ago,” Dr Naraine said.