'Sandpapergate' Q&A: The 2018 ball-tampering scandal explained

What was Sandpapergate, who was involved and what were the punishments? Ball-tampering scandal from 2018 in focus as Australia return to South Africa for Test series for first time since; watch live on Sky Sports Cricket from 7.30am Friday (8.30am first ball)

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​​​It was the ball-tampering scandal that rocked world - and particularly Australian - cricket.

For the first time since 'Sandpapergate', which resulted in Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft receiving bans for the roles they played in the plot to alter the condition of the ball, Australia are preparing for a Test series in South Africa.

Ahead of the first Test in Durban from Friday, live on Sky Sports from 7.30am (8.30am first ball), here is an explainer of what transpired in Cape Town and its subsequent fallout…

That was the name given to the March 2018 ball-tampering scandal during Australia's Test tour of South Africa after Bancroft was caught on camera trying to rough up one side of the ball with sandpaper in order the make it swing through the air.

Source: Sky Sports