The man caught on camera using sandpaper on the ball in Cape Town 2018, triggering one of cricket's biggest scandals.
5 incidents documented
Australia vs South Africa
3 March 2018
The Warner-de Kock feud set the toxic tone for the entire 2018 Australia-South Africa series that culminated in the Sandpapergate scandal.
South Africa vs Australia
2018-03-01
Kagiso Rabada's dismissal of David Warner during South Africa's 2018 home series — followed by a shoulder bump that earned Rabada a suspension — and the overall tension between the two teams that contributed to the Sandpaper Gate atmosphere of the tour.
Australia vs South Africa
24 March 2018
Cameron Bancroft was caught on camera using sandpaper to tamper with the ball during the third Test at Cape Town, in a plan hatched by David Warner and known to captain Steve Smith, leading to unprecedented bans.
Australia vs South Africa
24 March 2018
Cameron Bancroft was caught on camera using sandpaper to tamper with the ball during the Cape Town Test, leading to bans for Bancroft, captain Steve Smith, and vice-captain David Warner in the most damaging scandal in Australian cricket history.
ICC vs Ball Maintenance
2018-03-24
The Sandpaper Gate scandal — where Australia used sandpaper to illegally alter the ball in Cape Town — triggered the most significant tightening of ball-tampering laws in cricket history, including dramatically increased suspensions and a formal distinction between accidental and premeditated tampering.