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Darren Lehmann has announced that the Johannesburg Test will be his last as Australia coach. The ball-tampering scandal occurred in the Cape Town Test continues to take its toll on Australian cricket as the Aussie coach, who was set to finish his stint with the Kangaroos by the end of the next Ashes, will quit after Australia's fourth Test against the Proteas in the ongoing series.


"As many who sit in this room will know, life on the road means a lot of time away from loved ones and after speaking to my family, it is the right time to step away," said Lehmann on the eve of the Test against South Africa at Wanderers. "I hope the team rebuilds and the Australian public can forgive the young men and get behind the XI."


"Speaking to the players and saying goodbye is the toughest thing I have had to do," Lehmann said. "It's been happening for a few days and you think you can keep going but the amount of abuse just takes it toll. They made a mistake. Speaking to my family, they've had enough of traveling 300 days. This was entirely my decision. I have been speaking to the hierarchy in the last couple of days."


All of it started when Australia opener Cameron Bancroft was shown using a yellow object on the ball shortly before tea on day-3 of Australia's third Test against South Africa in the ongoing series. When asked about that object by the umpires, he produced a black cover of his sunglasses from his pocket.



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The umpires inspected the ball at that time and elected not to replace it nor award a five-run penalty as they could not see any marks on the ball that suggested its condition had been changed.


Bancroft then voiced his guilt in a public confession along with the Baggy Greens’ captain Steve Smith, who revealed that the “leadership group” knew about the incident. Later, Australia vice-captain David Warner was found to be a part of that group.


Both Smith and Warner subsequently stepped down as captain and vice-captain respectively for the remainder of the Test. Australia then played under Tim Paine’s stewardship and lost the match by 322 runs.


For committing a level 2 offense by breaching the ICC Code of Conduct for Player and Player Support Personnel, Smith was fined 100 percent of his match fee and earned four demerit points, which equates to a one-Test suspension. Bancroft was also fined 75 percent of his match fee and was given three demerit points.



Cricket Australia (CA) head of integrity Iain Roy had been tasked with carrying out an investigation and conducted interviews at the team hotel. Roy found that no players or coaches knew about the incident except for the three convicted players. As a result, the captain and his deputy were handed a year-long ban while Bancroft received a 9-month ban from CA.


The players were sent home and Paine took on the role of leading the side. Although Lehmann was not found guilty and had no prior knowledge of his players’ plan to tamper with the ball, he has decided to resign after South Africa Test.



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