Canada T20 League

How much could Smith, Warner and Gayle earn at Global T20 Canada?

Jun 8, 2018: FAQs: Who owns this league? Is it sanctioned by the ICC? Why are some really big players taking part?

Canada news

Steven Smith named as marquee player for Canada T20 tournament

May 24, 2018: It would mark Smith's first cricket since the ball-tampering controversy in Cape Town which led to him being stripped of the captaincy and suspended for 12 months

Ball-tampering scandal

Infamy, redemption entwine for Smith and Warner

May 21, 2018: Even as a reckoning awaits CA and the Australian team on the culture front, public opinion of the banned players have already softened

Australia news

'They're bloody good human beings and I love them dearly'

May 6, 2018: Former Australia coach Darren Lehmann is often in touch with Smith, Warner and Bancroft, while former captain Mark Taylor says Smith could prove to be a better captain if given a second chance

Australia news

'I have come to terms with everything' - Smith

May 4, 2018: Steven Smith is back in Australia and feels it is "time to get back into it"

Australia news

Paine promises to cut Australia's sledging

Apr 19, 2018: Australia's new Test captain said that talk of changing the team's on-field approach had started when Steven Smith was still in charge

County news

Surrey open to Warner, Smith county deals

Apr 18, 2018: Surrey coach Michael Di Venuto said it would be "mad" not to consider either of the pair if the ECB allowed such a move

Ball-tampering scandal

Steven Smith and Cameron Bancroft accept ball-tampering sanctions

Apr 4, 2018: Both players will not challenge the punishments imposed by Cricket Australia - Smith banned for 12 months, and Bancroft for nine, from international and domestic cricket

Ball-tampering scandal

Smith, Warner to push for domestic clearance

Apr 1, 2018: The former leaders and Cameron Bancroft continue to deliberate on whether or not to take up the option of formal hearings under the board's code of conduct

Cricket Australia and the ICC have to take some blame for poor player behaviour

Apr 1, 2018: They have consistently failed to halt the slide in on-field behaviour that has increasingly undermined the game's image

Ball-tampering scandal

Mailey to Murray Mints: Seven ball-tampering confessions from the past

Mar 30, 2018: The punishment meted out to David Warner, Cameron Bancroft and Steven Smith is the most severe in cricket's history with ball tampering. Here are seven other confessions from the past

Australia in South Africa 2017-18

Smith 'a good guy caught in a bad place' - du Plessis

Mar 29, 2018: South Africa's captain has expressed sympathy for Steven Smith, but was less charitable to David Warner, whom he hoped would 'reflect and see if he can change the way he has played the game'

DEVASTATING! - Michael Clarke

Mar 29, 2018: An emotional Steven Smith press conference ended with the Australian captain in tears, saying that he was truly sorry for ball-tampering

Ball-tampering scandal

Broken Smith takes weight of blame

Mar 29, 2018: A distraught Steven Smith has apologised for the ball-tampering scandal, while breaking down in tears repeatedly during his appearance in front of media soon after his return to Sydney on Thursday

This is another wake-up call for cricket

Mar 29, 2018: The death of Phillip Hughes brought sobering realisations to the game; it is time we all look within again

Ball-tampering scandal

Reverse swing: cricket's ball-tampering problem in plain sight

Mar 28, 2018: Everyone knows about the methods used by players to make the ball reverse, but few in power have chosen to take issue with it - until now

Australia in South Africa 2017-18

Sutherland: Sanctions for 'causing damage to the game', not tampering

Mar 28, 2018: Following the announcement of sanctions, Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland answered questions about Darren Lehmann's role, David Warner's future, and the Australian team culture

Ball-tampering scandal

CA says sandpaper was used to tamper, not sticky tape as Bancroft claimed

Mar 28, 2018: The board issued a detailed statement of the punishment handed out to Steven Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft for ball tampering

IPL 2108

Warner and Smith axed from IPL 2018

Mar 28, 2018: The decision from the BCCI came as news broke that CA was banning the players for 12 months, in the wake of tremendous outrage over the ball-tampering incident at Newlands from back home in Australia

Ball-tampering saga

'The punishment does not fit the crime' - Warne

Mar 28, 2018: The cricket world reacts to the sanctions on Smith and Warner