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Eight Years On: Revisiting Sandpapergate in Cape Town
Original: Sandpapergate at Cape Town, South Africa: Revisiting the ball-tampering scandal that rocked Australian cricket eight years on
Australian cricket's 2018 ball-tampering scandal, known as Sandpapergate, is being revisited on its eighth anniversary. Cameron Bancroft, Steve Smith and David Warner were caught altering the ball with sandpaper during the third Test against South Africa at Newlands, Cape Town, leading to suspensions and a reckoning over the team's culture that still shapes how Australian cricket is viewed.
Why now: The scandal's eighth anniversary has prompted retrospective coverage of one of cricket's biggest controversies.
Cameron BancroftSteve SmithDavid WarnerCricket AustraliaCape Town
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