Tim Paine’s brother-in-law, former Tasmanian Shield cricketer Shannon Tubb, was reportedly forced out of Cricket Tasmania amid a sexting investigation involving the same woman that the former Australia Test captain was involved with.

Tubb allegedly left his coaching position at Cricket Tasmania following investigations into X-rated messages sent to the woman, a junior staffer, to who Paine also sent messages, The Herald Sun reported. 

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It was further reported that after leaving CT, Tubb was appointed coach of the first XI at Adelaide’s Prince Alfred College. Tubb is married to Paine’s sister.

For those unversed, Tim Paine stepped down as Australia Test captain over an alleged ‘sexting’ scandal, where he allegedly sent explicit messages to a female colleague at Cricket Tasmania in 2017.

“Tim felt it was in the best interests of his family and Australian cricket to take this decision to step down as captain,” Cricket Australia chairman Richard Freudenstein said in a statement on November 19.

“While the Board acknowledges an investigation cleared Tim of any breach of the code of conduct regarding this matter some years ago, we respect his decision. CA does not condone this type of language or behaviour. Despite the mistake he made, Tim has been an exceptional leader since his appointment and the Board thanks him for his distinguished service. Tim will continue to be available for selection in the Test team through the Ashes summer.”

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On Sunday, Paine said he always knew that the scandal will become public at some point, saying he was approached by the media about the issue several times over the past three years.  

“I thought the issue was dealt with, but it always popped up around a big series, or at the start of the cricket season. Over the last three years, there have been numerous times where media agencies have put to us that they had evidence, yet they never chose to write it. As to why, I’m not sure, but nobody else had chosen to write the story, but I knew it was going to come out at some point, as much as I didn’t want it to,” he said in an interview with NewsCorp.