Steve Smith and David Warner not welcome for 12 months, Cricket Australia says
Disgraced Australia skipper Steve Smith and senior batsman David Warner have been banned from cricket for 12 months, over a cheating scandal that has rocked the sport and dragged their side’s reputation through the mud. Both players have also been ejected from the 2018 Indian Premier League, losing contracts worth up to $2m each. A statement from Cricket Australia on Wednesday said Smith and Warner had been suspended from "all international and domestic cricket", while opening batsman Cameron Bancroft had been banned for nine months. However, the statement said all three players involved in the ball-tampering incident during the third Test in SA will be "permitted" and "encouraged" to play club cricket, the statement said. It was not immediately clear whether that means they would be available to play club cricket in England, for example. Smith was charged with knowledge of a potential plan "to attempt to artificially alter the condition of the ball" but Warner was charged with deve...
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