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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Rory Dollard

Steve Smith: I still get flashbacks to trauma of ‘sandpapergate’

Steve Smith has revealed he still suffers from the trauma he experienced around the sandpaper scandal, claiming he was “thrown to the wolves” in the immediate aftermath.

Smith is due to take part in Australia’s Test tour of South Africa next month, their first since the ill-tempered 2018 trip that was marred by the ball-tampering episode which unfolded in Cape Town.

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