The second anniversary of the sandpapergate scandal is approaching and on this occasion, former Australian skipper has broken his silence and revealed the reason behind the fiasco. Speaking to a fundraising dinner of almost 500 guests for the Chappell Foundation at the SCG on Tuesday night, Ponting said that the scandal triggered out of leadership gulf which was missing a lot time before the decline in Australian cricket started taking shape. The Real Story of Sandpapergate Scandal On 24 March 2018, after lunch
Cricket Australia (CA) shut doors on the early return of the banned trio as they dismissed the plea presented by Australian Cricketers’ Association (ACA) for altering the duration of the imposed bans. The verdict ends the chances of Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft returning early to cricket and will have to serve the full punishment. https://twitter.com/cricketcomau/status/1064696538503380993 The unfortunate ball-tampering incident which occurred in March 2017 in the New Lands Test, Cape Town resulted in severe bans on the trio involved. Australian




