26 Mar 2018

Australian ball tampering a low point in ugly test series

From Morning Report, 7:18 am on 26 March 2018

Australia's champion cricket team have been caught cheating against South Africa in Capetown. Young bowler Cameron Bancroft was captured by television cameras in a clumsy ball tampering incident which captain Steve Smith admitted was planned by the team's senior players. The incident comes amid what has been an exceptionally ill-tempered series against South Africa. Capetown-based cricket commentator Neil Manthorp talks to Todd Niall.