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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…

Proteas captain Faf du Plessis (right) and batsman Hashim Amla will look to take advantage of good surfaces in England in the upcoming World Cup. (Jason Reed/Reuters)

World Cup is anyone’s oyster

This year there are a number of teams good enough to ensure a fierce battle for the title

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

Paine admitted after Australia lost the third Test to India in Melbourne last week that Smith and Warner were being badly missed. (Reuters/Mike Hutchings)

Paine wants public to give Smith, Warner another chance

The pair’s year-long ban for ball-tampering is due to expire at the end of March

Cameron Bancroft and David Warner.

Warner asked me to tamper with ball, says Bancroft

Bancroft was seen using sandpaper to try to rough up the ball in the Cape Town Test in March

Fed up: Michael Clarke slammed a journalist at a Melbourne radio station for suggesting he condoned cheating. (Paul Childs/Reuters)

Clarke rants about ‘headline-chasing’ reporter

The former Australian captain has rejected suggestions he helped to create a culture of cheating

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

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

Kagiso Rabada’s humble ways mask his ambition to be the best.
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KG: ‘I’m obsessed with winning’

He is all passion and there’s no holding back when presented with a good wicket or a big player

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

Temba Bavuma is a proud person and failure will not be countenanced for long. (AFP)

Disastrous day for Australia’s new boys, Proteas move closer for a series win

It was the Proteas’s day from the time Temba Bavuma and De Kock weathered a tricky period against a ball that was almost new

Former Australian cricket captain Steve Smith.

Sobbing Smith takes ‘full responsibility’ for ball-tampering scandal

The former Aussie captain says he is devastated by his "big mistake"

Editorial: It’s dangerous to other foreigners (Photo Archive)

Editorial: Aussies, spare us the moral outrage

‘And yet knowing that that trust has been eroded, the administrators of Australian cricket continue to inspire disbelief’