Five most scandalous moments in cricketing history

#2 Smith and Bancroft ball-tampering

Cameron Bancroft was caught blatantly attempting to alter the condition of the ball

The current, on-going ball-tampering scandal ranks as probably the second-most disgraceful moment in cricket history. Cameron Bancroft was seen rubbing the ball with some sort of yellow object, later revealed to be rough tape, which he then shoved down his whites when he saw himself on the big screen. He had a chat with the umpires in which he claimed it was just the soft sunglasses holder he had in his pocket, but the footage was clear.

After the day's play, captain Steve Smith and Bancroft sat down and admitted to the press all that they had done. Smith had come up with this plan at lunch and it was clearly pre-meditated. It was a clear plan to change the condition of the ball. Smith has rightly been stripped of his captaincy and awarded a 1-game ban. What makes the incident so shameful is that Smith was a role model to youngsters all around the world, being the prolific batsman that he is. He has let the whole sport down.