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17 September 2026
'Traumatised' Steve Smith claims he was 'thrown to the wolves' and 'didn't have any support at all' during the Sandpapergate scandal
Smith was banned from all cricket for 12 months for ball-tampering offences during a Test series against South Africa in Cape Town eight years ago, while also being stripped of the captaincy.
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