JOHANNESBURG- Cricket Australia has announced that captain Steve Smith and vice captain David Warner have been banned for one year after admitting to be involved and conspiring to tamper with the ball during the third test against South Africa in Newlands.
Cameron Bancroft a junior in the team who actually tampered with the ball has been handed down a nine month ban.
Smith and Warner have been reportedly been banned from captaining the side for the next two years.
An official announcement is expected soon on their suspensions.
All three players have the right to appeal their bans, including their duration of their penalties through a CA code of behaviour hearing with an independent commissioner.
They are banned from playing in all cricket except grade, or club, level in Australia and are also barred from highly successful Big Bash League. They are allowed however to take part in the IPL and accept an English county role, if they have an offering.
The bans are within the time frame which would allow them to take part in next year’s Cricket World Cup in England which starts on May 30 2019.
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