Cricket: Australian team No. 1 in stupidity, says legend Ian Chappell after sandpapergate scandal
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Former Australian Test cricket captain and TV commentator Ian Chappell (right) and SportsHero CEO Tom Lapping. Chappell is the global ambassador for the SportsHero prediction app.
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David McMahon
SINGAPORE - Sandpaper can be a lot rougher than most people think. Just ask former Australian Test cricket captain and TV commentator Ian Chappell about its long-lasting effect.
A piece of sandpaper was infamously deployed in the ball-tampering episode last month that saw three cricketers - captain Steve Smith, vice-captain David Warner and opening batsman Cameron Bancroft - sent home to Australia during the tour of South Africa.