Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft will all have to serve their full bans for ball-tampering, Cricket Australia (CA) confirmed on Tuesday.
CA interim chairman Earl Eddings says the board had “determined that it is not appropriate to make any changes to the sanctions handed down to the three players”.
Smith and Warner, then Australia’s captain and vice-captain, were banned from state and international cricket for 12 months over the incident at Newlands in March, while Bancroft was suspended for nine months.
David Warne. Photo: Muzi Ntombela/BackpagePix
There had been pressure on the governing body to reinstate them amid a recent dire run of results, with the decision condemning Australia to a summer of cricket without their best players for Tests against India and Sri Lanka.
Cameron Bancroft. Photo: SUMAYA HISHAM/REUTERS
The scandal, which rocked the sport, had far-reaching consequences in Australia with a clean-out of top executives from CA after a scathing review blamed its “arrogant and controlling” culture as partly contributing to players bending the rules.