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Steve Smith will not appeal year-long ban by Cricket Australia for role in ball-tampering scandal | London Evening Standard

Former Australia captain Steve Smith will not be appealing his year-long ban from the game.

Steve Smith will not appeal year-long ban by Cricket Australia for role in ball-tampering scandal | London Evening Standard
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Former Australia captain Steve Smith will not be appealing his year-long ban from the game.

Smith was banned along with vice-captain David Warner for their part in ball-tampering during the recent Test series in South Africa.

Batsman Cameron Bancroft was banned for nine months following a Cricket Australia investigation which revealed he had used sandpaper to try to alter the condition of the ball during the third Test at Cape Town.

There had been reports of a possible appeal by the players against the bans but Smith has said on Twitter he will not seek to have the sanction reduced.

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Smith wrote on Twitter: "I would give anything to have this behind me and be back representing my country.

"But I meant what I said about taking full responsibility as Captain of the team.

"I won't be challenging the sanctions. They've been imposed by CA to send a strong message and I have accepted them."

Bowler Cameron Bancroft, who was handed a nine-month ban by Cricket Australia, has also decided not to appeal his sanctions.

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Australia went on to lose the match and the series 3-1.

Additional reporting by the Press Association