FILE PHOTO: Former Australia cricket test captain Steve Smith arrives at Cape Town International Airport, South Africa March 27, 2018. REUTERS/Sumaya Hisham/File Photo
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Disgraced Australian cricketer Steve Smith will be much stronger mentally when he returns to international cricket after serving a one-year ban for his involvement in ball tampering, former South Africa skipper Graeme Smith has told Reuters.
Former Australia captain Smith was stripped of his position and banned from international and domestic cricket for a year by Cricket Australia (CA) for conspiring to scuff up the ball with sandpaper during a March test against South Africa in Cape Town.
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