Sandpapergate

South African cricketers who took part in the 2018 series against Australia have spoken to The Athletic about the ball-tampering scandal known as 'Sandpapergate' and the Test series victory that followed but has since been largely forgotten. The players recount their side of a controversy that shook world cricket and led to bans for Australia's Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft.

South Africans who played in the 2018 series against Australia have spoken out about 'Sandpapergate', the ball-tampering scandal that dominated that tour, while also recalling their own largely forgotten series victory in the same contests. Their accounts offer a player's-eye view of the controversy and insist the on-field achievement deserves more recognition than it has received.

South African players who took part in the 2018 series against Australia, later defined by the ball-tampering scandal known as 'Sandpapergate', have recounted their memories of that tour in new interviews. They reflect on the controversy that engulfed the Test series and on a series win for South Africa that has since been largely overlooked amid the fallout. Their accounts add fresh first-hand detail to one of cricket's most notorious episodes.

Cricket outlets are revisiting the 2018 ball-tampering scandal at Newlands, Cape Town, in which Australian players David Warner, Steve Smith and Cameron Bancroft were caught using sandpaper to alter the ball against South Africa. Warner and Smith received year-long bans and the episode became one of cricket's biggest integrity crises, still known as Sandpapergate.