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Australian cricketers sent home over ball tampering

Australian cricketers sent home over ball tampering

With the scandal becoming a national tragedy for Australia following Smith's admission that he and the team's "leadership group" cheated deliberately, CA chairman, David Peever, expects to share the probe findings with the public as early as on Wednesday. An emotional Cameron Bancroft asked for forgiveness today over his part in a ball-tampering scandal, saying he was ashamed of himself, but refused to comment on the role David Warner played.

Having been caught red-handed for indulging in ball-tampering, Smith and Warner were banned from playing cricket for Australia for one year by CA.

The ban will include all top-level cricket in Australia for the next year.

"I take full responsibility, I made a serious error of judgement and I understand the consequences".

"Steve Smith and Cameron Bancroft will not be considered for team leadership positions until a minimum of 12 months after the conclusion of their respective suspensions from global and domestic cricket", said CA in a statement.

To make matters worse, the Board of Control for Cricket in India has also banned the trio for the 2018 Indian Premier League season.

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Smith is comforted by his father during this morning's press conference in Sydney. "People know I worked so hard to get to this point in my career and to have given up that chance for free is devastating", he said. First, we waited for the ICC's decision, after that Cricket Australia, and then we decided on the matter. "I'm sorry", Steve Smith said. "I'm sorry and I'm absolutely devastated". I don't blame anyone. It was Cameron Bancroft, who executed it with a help of sandpaper on the third day of the third Test against South Africa in Cape Town.

Warne said Smith, the top-ranked Test batsman in the world, was guilty of a "severe error of judgment". "So I think you can forget about either of them captaining Australia", he said.

Smith was seen holding back his tears as he talked about the effect his actions had on his parents.

The fallout from the scandal continues, with wealth management company Magellan pulling out of a sponsorship deal with Cricket Australia, while Asics also announced it had terminated sponsorship contracts with Warner and Bancroft.

"[To the children] I say three things. I love entertaining young kids, I love kids wanting to play the great game of cricket that I love", he said.

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