For the disgraced Steve Smith and David Warner, it has been a tumultuous and humbling year, marked by a torrent of vitriol, tearful apologies, community service and the slow process of winning back trust.
SYDNEY - Twelve months ago Australian cricket was in crisis, rocked to the core by a cheating scandal that left former captain Steve Smith and his deputy David Warner among the most vilified men in sport.
Friday will mark the end of their one-year bans from state and international cricket and they are set to be welcomed back with open arms. The game in Australia has since undergone a host of cultural changes under Langer, who infamously called the team of old "spoilt brats" and vowed to "put smiles on faces rather than everyone throwing stones at each other".It has been a drawn-out process with the team suffering a series of humbling defeats without their top two batsmen before finally finding their feet again.
"The grey area in all of this is how much of this ball-management in the past was tampering and went unnoticed."Chappell added to the same broadcaster: "That probe was pretty specific and it almost sounded to me like they were after Warner anyhow."Warner was widely seen as the instigator of the plot to use sandpaper, with Bancroft carrying it out and Smith turning a blind eye.
"It's great to be back around the group, they've been really welcoming and almost like we've never left," said Smith.
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