Steve Smith and David Warner punishment revealed for ball-tampering scandal

Australian captain Steve Smith

Australian captain Steve Smith

"Mistakes have been made which have damaged cricket", Warner, who was Australia's vice-captain posted on social media.

The coach reiterated that the first he knew of the ball-tampering incident was when he saw it on the big screen at Newlands, and said he was confident it was a one-off incident and had not been part of the team's playing culture in the past. "What happened in Cape Town has already been laid out by Cricket Australia".

Nearly simultaneously, sporting goods company ASICS announced it was ending its relationship with David Warner and Cameron Bancroft, two of the players at the heart of the cheating incident.

'I think Cricket Australia have made a decision that is a statement to world cricket, ' said Root of the year-long bans for Smith and Warner and the nine-month suspension of Bancroft after the Cape Town ball-tampering saga. "You will hear from me in a few days".

"We are in the middle of such a great series and for something like this to overshadow the great cricket that has been played, that's not what I am about or what the team is about". "Any time you're thinking of making a questionable decision".

Williamson said Warner and Smith would "have to take the strong punishment and move on".

"We've got to make sure we're respecting the game and its traditions". "It was a huge error of judgment on my behalf and I'm deeply sorry".

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

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"I worry about the three guys immensely". Then I spoke to the players at tea time and said we would deal with it at the end of play, which happened through the process.

Although Smith said Lehmann had nothing to do with the plot the coach has come under fire for appearing to radio Peter Handscomb on the boundary, ordering him to alert Bancroft he had been spotted cheating by television cameras.

English county side Somerset said Bancroft would not be its overseas player for the coming season because of his involvement in the scandal.

Hamish Douglass, co-founder and CEO of Magellan, said: "A conspiracy by the leadership of the Australian men's Test cricket team which broke the rules with a clear intention to gain an unfair advantage during the third Test in South Africa goes to the heart of integrity".

Smith and Warner have also been withdrawn from their Indian Premier League (IPL) teams for 2018, representing a significant loss of income after the Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad had paid US$1.84 million respectively for their services.

Wealth-management company Magellan has also ended its three-year sponsorship agreement with CA in response to the scandal, saying the players' behaviour was "so inconsistent with our values that we are left with no option but to terminate our ongoing partnership".

Electronics company LG turned its back on Warner on Wednesday, announcing it would not renew a sponsorship deal that was set to expire in weeks.

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