Steve Smith (cricketer)
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Steven Peter Devereux Smith is an Australian international cricketer, former captain of the Australian national team in all three formats of the game and since 2021, the vice-captain of the Australian
Smith in 2014
Smith fielding for New South Wales in 2008
Smith playing for Australia in 2016
Steve Smith plays a leg side shot, in the 5th Test at Sydney.
The 2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, also known as Sandpapergate, was a cricket cheating scandal surrounding the Australian national cricket team. In March 2018, during the third Test match aga
Steve Smith (cricketer)
…of the Australia Test team that won the 2021–23 ICC World Test Championship. In March 2018, Smith as Australian captain was widely criticised for the ball tampering incident which occurred in the third Test against South Africa. During the Test, Smith stood down from the team captaincy following immediate backlash…
Steve Smith (left) and David Warner (right) were banned by Cricket Australia for 12 months from international and domestic cricket while Cameron Bancroft (not shown) was banned for 9 months
Darren Lehmann stepped down after the fourth Test against South Africa following the controversy