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  Ball-tampering row: Scratching the surface reveals Australian cricket cheater

  Cricket | March 26, 2018 16:06 IST

  Some fans want Cricket Australia to fire Smith as captain. Others have called for a life ban for the No.1 ranked batsman in Test cricket.

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  Cricket Australia officials arrive in South Africa to begin ball-tampering probe

  Cricket | March 26, 2018 16:03 IST

  Cricket Australia's head of integrity Iain Roy and high-performance manager Pat Howard are in Cape Town and Roy "will immediately conduct his inquiries around the specifics of the ball-tampering incident" the Australian cricket body said.

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  Steve Smith's time as Australia's captain is surely up: Jason Gillespie

  Cricket | March 26, 2018 14:06 IST

  Former Australia fast bowler Jason Gillespie said Steve Smith should be removed as captain and that the "Australian men's team will now need to rebuild public trust from scratch".

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  Ball-tampering row: Cameron Bancroft allegedly caught spooning sugar in pocket during Ashes

  Cricket | March 26, 2018 14:06 IST

  As per the video surfaced on social media, Aussie batsman Cameron Bancroft was spotted appearing to pour sugar into his left pocket during the fifth Test in Sydney against England.

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  Ball-tampering row: How Australian cricket team hatched a plan to cheat

  Cricket | March 26, 2018 13:00 IST

  Australia captain Steve Smith was banned for one match by the ICC for his role in a ball-tampering plot in third Test against South Africa but Cameron Bancroft, the player who did the tampering, avoided a suspension.

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  Bishan Singh Bedi terms ball tampering row as 'one of modern cricket's great tragedies'

  Cricket | March 26, 2018 18:39 IST

  Cricket Australia chief James Sutherland on Sunday announced an investigation into the scandal, which has plunged Australian cricket into crisis and resulted in widespread condemnation at home, including from Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.

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  ICC bans Steve Smith for one Test, fines Cameron Bancroft

  Cricket | March 25, 2018 23:28 IST

  The world cricket body has banned the Australian skipper for one Test following his involvement in the controversial ball-tampering incident on day 3 of the third Test against South Africa in Cape Town.

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  Cricket fraternity condemns Steve Smith's ball-tampering strategy, launch scathing attack

  Cricket | March 25, 2018 9:56 IST

  Former cricketers such as Michael Clarke, Shane Warne, Michael Vaughan, Nassir Hussain and many more have scrutinised Smith for his plan to 'cheat'.

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  Cricket Australia to probe ball-tampering before taking action against Smith, Bancroft

  Cricket | March 25, 2018 9:18 IST

  Australia cricketers confessed to ball tampering in a desperate plot hatched by Steve Smith and Co. as they saw the third Test against South Africa slipping away.

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  Cape Town Test: Steve Smith, Cameron Bancroft confess to ball tampering

  Cricket | March 24, 2018 23:18 IST

  Young batsman Cameron Bancroft said he was tasked to carry out the tampering in the third test against South Africa in Cape Town.

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  Watch: Cameron Bancroft hides 'mystery object', comes under scrutiny for possible ball tampering

  Cricket | March 24, 2018 20:40 IST

  Bancroft was seen rubbing the ball with his hands shortly before tea and then put them back in his pockets.

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