Australia to play in Cape Town for first time since infamous sandpaper Test

[p]Though ‌having played white-ball games in South ‌Africa, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/australia/OxG0JfXg/"]Australia[/a] have not toured the nation ‌for a test series since the scandal at Newlands which resulted in long bans ‌for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/smith-steven/hty17mok/"]Steve Smith[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/warner-david/vBpPglWe/"]David Warner[/a] ⁠and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bancroft-cameron/MqJphF74/"]Cameron ‌Bancroft[/a].[/p][p]Warner has retired from international cricket and Bancroft ​has not played a test in over six years but top-order ​batter Smith remains a key player in the test setup.[/p][p]Smith was captain of ⁠Australia when TV ​cameras picked up Bancroft rubbing sandpaper on the ball on day three of the third test at Newlands, triggering ‌a Cricket Australia investigation.[/p][p]Smith was later stripped of the captaincy and banned from leadership roles in Australian cricket for two years.[/p][embed guid="c7ce5a38-2861-4115-80fa-29e389e7f33f" url="https://x.com/ProteasMenCSA/status/2025920144707355094" social-type="twitter" /][p]Warner, deemed the main architect of the tampering plot by Cricket Australia, was given a life ban from leadership roles, though that was lifted in ‌2024.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/south-africa/tUhlKzIm/"]South Africa[/a] won the match at ​Newlands by 322 runs and the series ‌3-1.[/p][p]Australia will play the Proteas in three ODI matches in September before the test series starts in Durban on October 9.[/p][p]The second test is ⁠in Gqeberha ⁠from October 18.[/p]