Check out the footage of Bancroft’s cover up where the umpires question him. Smith is right beside him, backing up his story as he shows them a black cloth from his pocket for dusting off sunglasses after he stuffed the yellow object down his pants. Smith owns the cheat and he owns the cover up.
Yesterday, he had a chance to be remembered for the best Test batting average after Bradman in the history of cricket. Now he’ll just be renowned as one of cricket’s cheats like Salman Butt, Mohammed Amir and Shahid Afridi and mentioned in the same breath as Lance Armstrong, Ben Johnson and Diego Maradonna, Sport’s Greatest Cheats.
