The International Cricket Council has banned Australia captain Steve Smith for one match this Sunday for his role in a ball-tampering plot in the ongoing third test against South Africa in Cape Town.
Australia batsman Cameron Bancroft, who was the man tasked with doing the tampering on the field, received three disciplinary demerit points but that was not enough for a ban.
Smith, who stood down temporarily as captain of the team yesterday, will now miss the final test of the series against South Africa in Johannesburg.
Although Smith confessed the plan was hatched by the Australia team's "leadership group," he refused to name other players involved and the ICC didn't announce action against anyone else in its ruling yesterday.
The country's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has also called the incident a "shocking disappointment".
Turnbull said it seemed completely beyond belief that the Australian cricket team had been involved in cheating.
[Source: stuff.co.nz]
