Steve Smith stepped down as captain of the Australian team for the remainder of the third Test match against South Africa on Sunday. It is a continuation sequence of events that was set off when visuals emerged of Cameron Bancroft using a “Yellow object” while rubbing the rough side of the ball in the second session of Day 3 and later hiding it inside his trousers.
During the second session of the third day of a Test match between Australia and South Africa in Port Elizabeth, visuals emerged of Australia’s Cameron Bancroft using a yellow object, that he later admitted was yellow tape, on the rough side of the ball. He later shifted the tape from his right pocket into his trousers before being summoned by the umpires, who were possibly tipped off by the third umpire about the incident. Steve Smith was also present while Bancroft shows the umpires a piece of black coloured cloth from his pocket. Umpires neither change the ball, nor impose a five-run penalty on the Australians – the standard punishment for ball tampering – which meant that the umpires were convinced that nothing sinister was afoot.

Steve Smith stepped down as captain of the Australian team for the remainder of the third Test match against South Africa on Sunday. It is a continuation sequence of events that was set off when visuals emerged of Cameron Bancroft using a “Yellow object” while rubbing the rough side of the ball in the second session of Day 3 and later hiding it inside his trousers.
During the second session of the third day of a Test match between Australia and South Africa in Port Elizabeth, visuals emerged of Australia’s Cameron Bancroft using a yellow object, that he later admitted was yellow tape, on the rough side of the ball. He later shifted the tape from his right pocket into his trousers before being summoned by the umpires, who were possibly tipped off by the third umpire about the incident. Steve Smith was also present while Bancroft shows the umpires a piece of black coloured cloth from his pocket. Umpires neither change the ball, nor impose a five-run penalty on the Australians – the standard punishment for ball tampering – which meant that the umpires were convinced that nothing sinister was afoot.