Tim Paine has accused South Africa of ball tampering in the match after Australian cricket was rocked by a scandal of their own. Back in 2018, Australia were caught tampering with the ball with the use of sand paper and tape during during a Test match against South Africa in Cape Town.
Australian cricket was left disgraced, with ex-captain Steve Smith and batsmen David Warner and Cameron Bancroft all handed hefty bans after for their part in the episode. Smith was replaced by Paine as skipper and discussed the saga in his autobiography The Paid Price.
The rule-break was unearthed after a clip of Bancroft rubbing the ball against a piece of tape was panned across the big screens at Newlands. After a radio silence, Bancroft and Smith held a press conference where they admitted to their foul play.
