After admitting to cheating, the ICC has only given Australia's Steve Smith and Cameron Bancroft a slap on the wrist.
With the cricket world still in shock, and expecting hefty punishment, after Bancroft was caught tampering with the ball on live TV, the ICC gave the Aussie rookie three demerit points while his skipper was banned for the final Test against South Africa.
Smith also lost his captaincy in the match at Newlands after admitting that he knew what was Bancroft was doing.
Bancroft was caught taking a yellow object out of his pocket, then rubbing the ball with it, before later putting it in the front-end of his trousers.
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When the umpires asked him what he was hiding, he showed them his bag for his glasses.
After the day’s play, though, Smith and Bancroft admitted to being dishonest.
Smith says: “The leadership group knew about it, we spoke about it at lunch. It’s not in the spirit of the game, my integrity and the integrity of the team has been damaged, and rightfully so."
Bancroft adds: “I’m not proud of what’s happened. I’ve got to live with the consequences and the damage to my own reputation that comes with. I’ll be honest, I was nervous about it because with hundreds of cameras around that’s always the risk.”
The ICC's Dave Richardson says: "The decision made by the leadership group of the Australian team to act in this way is clearly contrary to the spirit of the game, risks causing significant damage to the integrity of the match, the players and the sport itself and is therefore ‘serious’ in nature. Steve Smith must take full responsibility for the actions of his players..."