South African players also tampered with balls in 2018, shocking allegation by former Aussie captain

New Delhi, Tuesday, October 25, 2022

The 2018 Cape Town Test series between Australia and South Africa became known for controversies.

During this test match, the Australian players were accused of tampering with the ball. At that time, after David Warner was seen on camera rubbing the ball with glass paper, there was a stir in the cricket world. Steve Smith and Warner were banned for one year for tampering with the ball.

Now in the same case, the former Aussie captain and Tim Paine, who was the wicket keeper in the match at that time, has made a shocking allegation in his autobiography and said that in the fourth test of the same series, I saw the South African players also tampering with the ball. The ball went to the South African player. And when he returned the ball to the bowler, he was visibly bruised. The broadcaster hid the incident. The footage was removed. The Australian team also pointed out and reassured us that the ball was there from the start.