Ball tampering: Aus team booed at by South African crowd on Day 4; updates

Australia vice-captain David Warner was also removed from his post amid a controversy over teammate Cameron Bancroft's deliberate tampering of the ball in the third test match against South Africa

Amid the cricket fraternity the world over condemning the Australian team's deliberate and pre-planned tampering of the ball during the ongoing test match against South Africa, Steve Smith and David Warner on Sunday stepped down as the captain and vice-captain of the team, respectively, for the rest of the test match.

The decision comes a day after Australian opener Cameron Bancroft was caught on cameras using a yellow object, believed to be a tape, on the cricket ball, before attempting to hide it, on the third day of the ongoing third test match of the series in Cape Town on