Chris Stocks offers a withering analysis of the fallout over the scandal engulfing the Australian team in South Africa
Since the Australia balltampering scandal erupted in South Africa last weekend, it has only been natural to ask – did they also cheat during the Ashes earlier this winter? Steve Smith, the deposed, disgraced and now banned captain, insisted Cape Town was the first and only time his team have attempted to doctor the ball in a Test match.
However, Smith’s testimony is ultimately unreliable given the Cricket Australia investigation into the affair has proven he ...