Overpaid and tone-deaf: Arrogant Aussie cricket stars hit a new low with outrageous demands to be flown home from India despite a ban on the Covid-ravaged nation and after they already jumped the vaccine queue writes MIKE COLMAN

When Steve Smith and David Warner pressured naïve Cameron Bancroft into doctoring a ball with sandpaper during a Test three years ago, I thought the image of Australian cricketers couldn't sink any lower.

I was wrong.

When I read that Brisbane Heat captain Chris Lynn had asked the Australian Cricket Board to organise and pay for a charter flight to repatriate Australians playing in the Indian Premier League, I couldn't believe my eyes.

Especially when Lynn also revealed that he and other IPL players were jumping the queue to receive COVID jabs next week.