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Three years later, Cape Town defies explanation – Sydney Morning Herald
Cameron Bancroft tramples through the china shop of Australia’s sensitivities about sandpapergate and the events in South Africa in 2018.
In 2018, the game was ho hum at worst about ball-tampering. Mostly, it levied piffling fines. Steve Smiths ICC suspension was one match the equivalent of a couple of good mouthings-off. Bancrofts was 75 per cent of his modest match fee. David Warners was nothing at all.
Bancroft during the 2019 Ashes series in England.Credit:AP
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