2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal
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2018-australian-ball-tampering-scandal-215-1844125
title:
2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal
text:
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 against South Africa at Newlands in Cape Town, Cameron Bancroft was caught by television cameras trying to rough up one side of the ball with sandpaper to make it swing in flight. Captain Steve Smith and vice-captain David Warner were found to be involved and all three received unprecedented sanctions
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wiki
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encyclopedia
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Cricket cheating scandal
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Australian_ball-tampering_scandal
date created:
2018-03-28T17:47:39Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T17:50:11Z
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