What makes it worse for Steve Smith and the team management is that a rookie, Cameron Bancroft, was made to do the dirty work. Smith was the world’s leading Test batsman, captain of his country’s team, and among the most powerful entities in the sport. Even if things were not quite going his way—or his team’s—in South Africa, the world was still his oyster. What makes it worse for Smith and the team management is that a rookie was made to do the dirty work. That the shame and stigma will remain forever is their biggest punishment.

Source: Mint March 28, 2018 15:49 UTC