Australia’s test team will return to Cape Town for the first time since the 2018 ‘Sandpaper-gate’ ball-tampering scandal when they meet South Africa in the final fixture of a three-match series from 27 October.
Though having played white-ball games in South Africa, Australia have not toured the nation for a test series since the scandal at Newlands, which resulted in long bans for Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft.
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.
Smith was captain of Australia when TV cameras picked up Bancroft rubbing sandpaper on the ball…
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Fun South African Fact: Some of the earliest evidence of human evolution has been unearthed at fossil sites northwest of Johannesburg in the Sterkfontein Caves! Archaeologists have discovered human remains here, some of which are more than 2 million years old! These discoveries have earned the area the title of “the Cradle of Humankind” which is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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An Afrikaans lady and an English lady are chatting in their yard. After a while, a dog comes and takes a kak on the lawn. The Afrikaans lady points to the dog and says “Kyk!” The English replies “That’s not cake, that’s shit”