How Australia's cricket team hatched a plan to cheatOther Captain Steve Smith admitted he devised the plan to deliberately tamper with the ball using tape and rubble, with one of his players hiding evidence in his pants. The reputation of Australia's cricket team is in tatters after captain Steve Smith confessed to coming up with a plan with senior players to cheat South Africa by tampering with the ball in the third test. HALDEN KROG/AP Cameron Bancroft talks to the umpire on the third day of the third cricket test between South Africa and Australia. THE FALLOUTThe most immediate fallout looks set to come from Cricket Australia on Sunday. Australia's cricket team is its biggest sports team and as fiercely supportive as Australians are, they are also fiercely critical if the team has done wrong.

Source: Stuff March 25, 2018 00:11 UTC