The 28-year-old has been made unavailable for international selection for 12 months, along with former vice-captain David Warner, while Cameron Bancroft will serve a nine-month suspension. Smith oversaw the bungled plot to alter the shape and condition of the ball during last week’s controversial third Test against South Africa at Newlands, during which Bancroft was captured attempting to conceal yellow tape, subsequently confirmed as sandpaper, in his trousers.
