Steve Smith had no intentions of cheating when scuffing SCG pitch, says Australia captain Tim Paine – Wide World of Sports

His actions looked suspicious and raised questions over whether he had genuinely had a change of character on the journey back from sandpaper-gate, but Tim Paine says Steve Smith had no thoughts of cheating when scuffing up Rishabh Pant’s batting guard in the SCG Test.
Paine addressed claims that Smith had crossed the line with a sneaky ploy to give Australia an advantage in his press conference this morning, in which he admitted that his own leadership and behaviour had been poor as tensions frayed…

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