Sandpaper made Australia the story in 2018 while South Africa’s achievement faded into irrelevance
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What happened
The hosts’ stunning Test victory was overshadowed by the scale of national angst felt in Australia after the team’s ball tampering For South African cricketers, administrators and supporters, the most surprising aspect of the Sandpaper scandal was not that it happened. After all, the ball had been suspiciously reverse-swinging during the first two Tests of that ill-fated series in 2018. The atmosphere had turned feb…
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