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Australian fielder Cameron Bancroft is questioned by Umpires Richard Illingworth and Nigel Llong during the third day of the third Test cricket match between South Africa and Australia

Australian fielder Cameron Bancroft is questioned by Umpires Richard Illingworth and Nigel Llong during the third day of the third Test cricket match between South Africa and Australia

Warner's participation in IPL is also in doubt as the 31-year-old might be left out by his franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad, who are now waiting for Cricket Australia's decision before taking a call on his future.

"I would like to apologise to the Australian public and the cricket family".

"The players involved have been handed down very serious sanctions and they knew they must face the consequences".

'There is a rebuild that needs to happen to reinstate the faith and the confidence, and I guess the pride that the Australian public had and should have in the Australian cricket team.

CA suspended Bancroft from all global and Australian domestic cricket until the new year, while captain Steve Smith and vice-captain David Warner were each handed 12-month bans.

Warner, a divisive figure in world cricket, was previously fined 75 per cent of his match fee after an altercation with Quinton de Kock earlier in the series, while South Africa bowler Kagiso Rabada was banned for two games for bumping into Smith, although the suspension was later lifted. It's been my life and I hope it can be again. "I have made a big mistake for allowing this to happen", said Smith.

The former Australia vice-captain has been charged with devising the plot which saw Cameron Bancroft rough the ball with sandpaper at the Cape Town Test.

"The thing that breaks my heart the most is that I've given up my spot in the team for free". It's a stain on the game we all love and I have loved since I was a boy.

"But the point is they've put a statement out there not just for Cricket Australia but for world cricket - and the reaction (to that) is all to do with how people want to watch cricket".

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"To see the way my old man's been", he sobbed.

He declined to say whether he felt his ban was too harsh or whether he planned to appeal, only that he respected the process and "I will work with my manager and we'll move forward with that". "They don't reflect on my values and who I've grown up to be and it's something that I'm really ashamed of and I'm so sorry for".

"Firstly, I'm deeply sorry".

"I will regret this for the rest of my life".

Warner also broke his silence March 29, apologizing and accepting his role in the cheating storm.Bancroft asked for forgiveness on his return to Perth, saying he was ashamed of himself.

Bancroft is staring at a ban by Cricket Australia for nine months.

Cricket Australia said Warner "instructed" young batsman Cameron Bancroft how to carry out the tampering on the field with a piece of sandpaper.

Smith, who was part of the "leadership group", admitted to charges of ball tampering, which took place during the third Test match in Cape Town, and stood down from captaining the side in the remaining days of the same Test.

The press conferences came as the International Cricket Council announced it is launching a worldwide review of player conduct.

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