Cricket Australia banned Australian captain Steve Smith and vice-captain David Warner for 12 months
The board handed a nine-month ban to Cameron Bancroft
Smith and Warner will not be participating in the upcoming IPL as well
NEW DELHI: Four days on from the damning ball-tampering controversy which erupted in front of a global audience in Cape Town, Cricket Australia (CA) has banned Australian captain Steve Smith and vice-captain
for 12 months and handed a nine-month ban to Cameron Bancroft. Warner and Smith have also been banned from captaining Australia for two years.
The news came half a day after CA CEO James Sutherland told reporters in Johannesburg that the trio had been suspended from the final Test against South Africa, and that the quantum of punishment would be divulged within 24 hours. On Wednesday, Sutherland and his CA colleagues met with Smith, Warner and Bancroft in the team hotel in Johannesburg and informed them of their respective sanctions.
To its credit, CA has acted swiftly and handed out its sanctions as promised by Sutherland on Tuesday. Smith, it has been reported, will break his silence and address reporters when he lands in Sydney on Thursday.
The board handed a nine-month ban to Cameron Bancroft
Smith and Warner will not be participating in the upcoming IPL as well
NEW DELHI: Four days on from the damning ball-tampering controversy which erupted in front of a global audience in Cape Town, Cricket Australia (CA) has banned Australian captain Steve Smith and vice-captain
for 12 months and handed a nine-month ban to Cameron Bancroft. Warner and Smith have also been banned from captaining Australia for two years.
The news came half a day after CA CEO James Sutherland told reporters in Johannesburg that the trio had been suspended from the final Test against South Africa, and that the quantum of punishment would be divulged within 24 hours. On Wednesday, Sutherland and his CA colleagues met with Smith, Warner and Bancroft in the team hotel in Johannesburg and informed them of their respective sanctions.
To its credit, CA has acted swiftly and handed out its sanctions as promised by Sutherland on Tuesday. Smith, it has been reported, will break his silence and address reporters when he lands in Sydney on Thursday.
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