Three
Australian cricketers- Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft, have
received punishment from Cricket Australia (CA) for their involvement in ball-tampering.
Captain Smith and Vice-captain Warner have been banned for one year while Bancroft
has been handed a nine-month ban.
As
per the punishment provided by CA, both Smith and Bancroft have been suspended
from captaining Australia for at least the next two years. On the other hand,
the 31-year-old Warner will never again be considered for any team leadership
role in future. As part of the punishment, they will also have to do 100 hours
of voluntary service in community cricket and can appeal against the
suspension.
Whether
it is international or Australian domestic cricket, the trio- Smith, Warner,
Bancroft- cannot take part in any format of the cricket game during the time of
their banishment. However, they can still play in any club cricket outside of
Australia, but recently on Wednesday Smith and Warner were also banned from this
season’s Indian Premier League. Before that, both the players resigned as
captain of their respective franchises- Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan
Royals.
The
incident of ball-tampering took place during the third Test against South
Africa at Cape Town. Cameron Bancroft has been punished because he carried out
the plan. He was seen using yellow-colored tape, which was later identified as
sandpaper, to change the condition of the ball. However, he has carried out this
plan as per the instruction of Warner, who was responsible for making a plan to
artificially damage the ball. Smith was aware of the fact and did not take any step;
instead he kept it from happening. Even following his director, Bancroft hid
the evidence in his trouser.
However,
Cricket Australia did not find any involvement of the head coach, Darren
Lehmann. That is why, he has been kept in his position.
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