Sandpapergate

SuperSport's broadcast director Alvin Naicker has revealed that Australia's infamous sandpapergate scandal was exposed almost entirely by chance — a chain of lucky moments that changed cricket history.

With Australia returning to South Africa for the first time since sandpapergate, BBC Sport readers have ranked Test cricket's ten greatest scandals. The results make for fascinating — and occasionally uncomfortable — reading.

With Australia returning to South Africa for the first time since the sandpapergate affair, we look back at the controversies that have defined and damaged Test cricket across the decades.

Steve Smith has spoken candidly about the lasting psychological impact of the 2018 sandpapergate scandal, revealing he still experiences flashbacks seven years on.