15 ball-tampering controversies that shook the cricketing world

#15 Cameron Bancroft (2018)

One of cricket's greatest scandals

During the third Test of the 2018 series between South Africa and Australia, Australian opening batsman Cameron Bancroft was caught on camera placing a sticky yellow tape, which he used to rub the surface of the ball, down the front of his pants. Unfortunately for him, the act was spotted by the match referee, Andy Pycroft of Zimbabwe, which led to a global outpouring of outrage.

Captain Steve Smith and Bancroft admitted to the offence in a press conference, saying that senior Australian players had planned the tampering.

The fall-out from the incident resulted in Smith and his deputy David Warner stepping down from their roles as captain and vice-captain respectively.

The ICC suspended Smith for one Test and fined him 100 percent of his match fee while Bancroft was fined 75 percent of his match fee.