AXE WILL FALL ON CHEATING AUSSIES
Smith and Warner facing one-year bans Coach to quit
Steve Smith could be stripped of the Australia captaincy permanently, as he and vice- captain David Warner face one-year bans for their part in the ball-tampering scandal in South Africa.
And it was reported last night that coach Darren Lehmann, who had planned to see Australia through next summer’s World Cup and Ashes series in england, is on the brink of resigning.
On the day it emerged many of Australian cricket’s major sponsors were considering their involvement with the sport, the board’s chief executive James Sutherland