Australia tour of South Africa 2018 News

Warner, along with Steve Smith and Cameron Bancroft were guilty of cheating in the infamous 2018 Test against South Africa in Newlands.

South Africa is gearing up for a three-match Test series against Australia and with it, old altercations are bound to be brought up.

The last couple of months have been dreadful for him as for most of the T20 World Cup 2022, Steve Smith was seen providing water bottles to his teammates.

There are reports regarding Cricket Australia lifting the lifetime captaincy ban imposed on David Warner. Alongside Steven Smith, the left-handed batter was banned from playing for a year in 2018.

England Stuart Broad has chanced his scepticism at the Sandpaper gate having more to offer than what is on papers right now. The incident has been troubling Australian cricket ever since its misfortunate occurrence at the Newlands Ground in South Africa in 2018. Broad’s reasoning comes from the fact that no team could simply deny the fact that the maintenance of the ball and what is happening to it in the field is known only to the three players and not every member. Giving an example of how a bowler easily comprehends the change in the ball, Broad said, "I've obviously never bowled within the Australian bowling attack but I can talk about how, in an England Test team, if I miss the seam by four millimetres, Jimmy Anderson is on me.” "He'll be saying 'why has this ball got a mark on it here? It's because you've missed the seam! Start hitting the seam, will you’,” the 34-year-old added while speaking at a sanitisation promotion event partnered by ECB. Broad, who has 517 Test scalps to his name feels that the Aussies wanted the episode to be over by now, but if it lingers on, the England support team could use it to their advantage in the Ashes down under. “I can't see it still being a conversation [when the Ashes start] in November, December, but I can see it being sung in the Barmy Army stands if they're allowed,” he said. The Nottingham born went on to predict that maybe David Warner, one of the three Aussie players suspended after the Newlands incident may go on to write a book about it. "I have seen a couple of comments from David Warner's agent, too, and I think it will be an interesting time when he stops playing for Australia and writes a book,” said Broad who is gearing up for the Test series against New Zealand beginning June 2 with the first Test at Lord’s.

Cameron Bancroft, who put fresh fuel to an almost dead fire of the Sandpaper gate saga of Australian cricket by saying that bowlers’ involvement and prior knowledge of what was happening on the ground is self-explanatory, has now backtracked on his claims. The 28-year-old said that he is satisfied with the investigation carried out by Cricket Australia into the 2018 issue. Sydney Morning Herald quoted sources to report that Bancroft called into the Cricket Australia’s integrity committee and explained that he has no substantial or additional proof and that what he said was actually a case of confusion due to the barrage of questions hurled towards him. The Western Australia cricket is further supposed to have contacted the bowers and made a truce with them over the inflammatory allegations. In the interview that Bancroft gave to UK’s Guardian, speaking about the Newlands incident he had said, “Yeah, look, all I wanted to do was to be responsible and accountable for my own actions and part.” On being asked about the bowlers’ involvement in the infamous incident, Bancroft, who is currently playing county cricket in England, said, “Yeah, obviously what I did benefits bowlers and the awareness around that, probably, is self-explanatory.” “I guess one thing I learnt through the journey and being responsible is that’s where the buck stops [with Bancroft himself]. Had I had better awareness I would have made a much better decision,” added Bancroft who has played 10 Tests and solitary T20 for Australia. His statements totally contradicted Cricket Australia’s findings which said, “prior knowledge of the incident was confined to three players, Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft."