28 Mar 2018
Ball-tampering cricketers sent home
Disgraced Australian cricketers Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft will soon return home from South Africa in the wake of the ball-tampering bombshell that has shaken the sport. The coach, Darren Lehmann, has been let off the hook for now, but Steve Smith's hold on the captaincy remains tenuous, with Cricket Australia's chief executive James Sutherland noting "it's not appropriate at this stage" to comment whether Smith can ever lead the team again. Kathryn Ryan speaks with Nine Network Australia's Michael Best was at the conference in Johannesburg earlier this morning.