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Smith will regret ball-tampering ‘for the rest of my life’
Australia's Steve Smith

STEVE SMITH and Cameron Bancroft both repeated their apologies for their part in the Australia ball-tampering scandal today as cricket’s international governing body announced a wide-ranging review into the behaviour of players.

Smith and Bancroft fought back tears as they faced the media, with former captain Smith in Sydney and Bancroft in Perth.

David Warner, the third cricketer banned for the ball-tampering plot which he devised, only took to Twitter to admit his plan was a “stain on the game.”

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