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Smith, Warner return to scene of sandpaper scandal

Smith and Warner were captain and vice-captain of Australia on March 24 2018 when team-mate Cameron Bancroft was caught on television hiding a piece of yellow sandpaper in his…

Steven Smith of Australia talks to coach Justin Langer during a Australia Nets Session at Trent Bridge. (Photo by Nathan Stirk/Getty Images)
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‘Friendly’ Aussies ready for hostile tour

Coach Justin Langer and captain Aaron Finch are hopeful the game will be played in good spirits despite the expectation of crowd jeers

Change of direction: (from left) South Africa’s former spin-bowling coach Claude Henderson and former head coach Ottis Gibson are among the CSA management who got the sack at the weekend. (Oli Scarff/AFP)

Stumped: What now for Proteas?

After a terrible World Cup, it’s not exactly clear how South African cricket will begin rebuilding

Steve Smith and David Warner of Australia pose a few years before their world was turned upside down by the Sandpapergate scandal. (Reuters/Paul Childs)

Aussies playing dead until World Cup comes to life

The most successful team in Cricket World Cup history is out to shake off the shame of Sandpapergate

Former Australian cricket vice-captain David Warner. (Reuters/Sumaya Hisham)

Smith, Warner prepare for Australian return

The pair were welcomed back into the national fold for a pre-World Cup camp in Brisbane after serving year-long suspensions for "sandpapergate"

Despite some pundits suggesting their relationship was now untenable, Cameron Bancroft said he held no ill feeling and was in touch with both David Warner and Steve Smith. (Reuters)

Bancroft keen to resume opening with Warner despite scandal

Cameron Bancroft confirmed in an explosive television interview in December it was Warner who asked him to alter the ball

South Africa’s batsman Aiden Markram came of age this year with his two hundreds. (Marco Longari/AFP)

Sport audit 2018: How SA’s national cricket teams performed

If our national teams are adverts of who we are then it’s little wonder we are so quick to hold them to account. So let’s do just that

Cameron Bancroft’s ban for attempting to alter the ball with sandpaper is due to expire on December 29 while Steve Smith and David Warner must wait until March 29 to play for their country again. (AAP)

Cricket Australia rules out cutting ball-tampering bans

The scandal, which rocked the sport, had far-reaching consequences in Australia

Proteas captain Faf du Plessis. (AFP)

Faf: Missing Smith, Warner ‘huge’ for Aussies

Smith and Warner are currently serving their one-year bans from cricket following a ball-tampering scandal

David Peever. (Reuters/Tim Wimborne)

Cricket Australia chairman quits after ball-tampering outcry

David Peever quit Thursday after coming under intense pressure over a ball-tampering scandal

In retired Judge Robert Nugent’s interim report on the commission of inquiry into the Sars released last month, Nugent recommended that Ramaphosa fire Moyane. (Paul Botes/M&G)

King Kohli is back on top

The 29-year-old scored 97 and 103 when India beat England by 203 runs in the third Test at Nottingham’s Trent Bridge on Wednesday

Australian fielder Cameron Bancroft

ICC ups punishment for ball-tampering

The changes come in the wake of a ball-tampering scandal in South Africa in March

Westminster Magistrates Court in London

Smith, Warner cleared for club cricket in Australia

​Steve Smith and David Warner have been cleared to play grade cricket in their home country

During the match in Cape Town

Australian cricket cheating plot sparks ethics review

Governing body Cricket Australia said it wanted to ensure there was never a repeat of the conduct during the third Test against the Proteas

Cameron Bancroft and David Warner.

Ball-tampering trio treated like criminals – Maxwell

The fallout had a big effect on the team as they slumped to a 492-run defeat in the final Test.

Since the scandal erupted

Warner joins Smith and Bancroft in accepting tampering ban

His decision, just hours before a deadline, followed a contrite Steve Smith and Cameron Bancroft also accepting their sanctions on Wednesday.

“Australia need new people who are passionate about the game in charge

Warne wants more heads to roll after South Africa tour shambles

Shane Warne wants the culture of Australian cricket to be addressed by an independent inquiry

“I would give anything to have this behind me and be back representing my country

Steve Smith won’t appeal ball-tampering ban

The former captain says he desperately want to play for Australia but he will not challenge a 12-month ban for ball-tampering

Vernon Philander decimated the Australian top order with a five-wicket haul on the first day of the second Test in Hobart

Proteas cruise to victory

Vernon Philander was unstoppable helping the Proteas thrash Australia in the fourth and final Test at Wanderers

Mikateko Mangwane claims she was replaced as a signatory.

Oz union wants ‘disproportionate’ bans for Smith, Warner reduced

The Australian cricketers union are arguing that the punishment was disproportionate to previous ball-tampering cases