<p>Cameron Bancroft, one of the three central figures in the infamous ball-tampering scandal, says it is "self-explanatory" that apart from Steven Smith, David Warner and himself, Australian bowlers were also aware of the illegal tactics during the Newlands Test.</p>.<p>Bancroft was caught on camera using sandpaper on the ball in the third Test against South Africa in 2018, a scandal that had rocked Australian and world cricket.</p>.<p>In an interview with 'The Guardian', asked if some of the bowlers knew what he was doing, Bancroft replied: "Yeah, look, all I wanted to do was to be responsible and accountable for my own actions and part.</p>.<p>"Yeah, obviously what I did benefits bowlers and the awareness around that, probably, is self-explanatory," he added.</p>.<p>Asked again if his bowling colleagues had some knowledge of what was happening, he replied: "Uh … yeah, look. I think, yeah, I think it’s pretty probably self-explanatory."</p>.<p>The Australian bowling attack in the Newlands Test had comprised pacers Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Marsh and spinner Nathan Lyon.</p>.<p>Bancroft, who is currently playing for Durham in the English County Championship, said he wanted to be "liked" by his teammates and in turn “lost control” of his values.</p>.<p>"I invested too much to the point where I lost control of my values. What had become important to me was being liked, being well valued, feeling really important to my teammates, like I was contributing something by using sandpaper on a cricket ball.</p>.<p>"That’s something I don’t think I even understood until that mistake happened. But it’s part of the journey and a hard lesson I needed to learn."</p>.<p>The 28-year-old rued that he was not able to make a better decision at that time.</p>.<p>"I guess one thing I learnt through the journey and being responsible is that’s where the buck stops (with Bancroft himself). Had I had better awareness I would have mad a much better decision," said Bancroft.</p>.<p>The trio of Bancroft, Smith and Warner were banned for their roles in the ball tampering scandal.</p>.<p>While Bancroft was handed a nine-month ban, then skipper Smith and his deputy Warner were suspended for a year each.</p>.<p>CA also slapped Warner, who was declared the plotter-in-chief, with a lifetime leadership ban while Smith was banned from leading Australia for two years.</p>.<p>Head coach Darren Lehmann also resigned in the aftermath of the scandal.</p>
<p>Cameron Bancroft, one of the three central figures in the infamous ball-tampering scandal, says it is "self-explanatory" that apart from Steven Smith, David Warner and himself, Australian bowlers were also aware of the illegal tactics during the Newlands Test.</p>.<p>Bancroft was caught on camera using sandpaper on the ball in the third Test against South Africa in 2018, a scandal that had rocked Australian and world cricket.</p>.<p>In an interview with 'The Guardian', asked if some of the bowlers knew what he was doing, Bancroft replied: "Yeah, look, all I wanted to do was to be responsible and accountable for my own actions and part.</p>.<p>"Yeah, obviously what I did benefits bowlers and the awareness around that, probably, is self-explanatory," he added.</p>.<p>Asked again if his bowling colleagues had some knowledge of what was happening, he replied: "Uh … yeah, look. I think, yeah, I think it’s pretty probably self-explanatory."</p>.<p>The Australian bowling attack in the Newlands Test had comprised pacers Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Marsh and spinner Nathan Lyon.</p>.<p>Bancroft, who is currently playing for Durham in the English County Championship, said he wanted to be "liked" by his teammates and in turn “lost control” of his values.</p>.<p>"I invested too much to the point where I lost control of my values. What had become important to me was being liked, being well valued, feeling really important to my teammates, like I was contributing something by using sandpaper on a cricket ball.</p>.<p>"That’s something I don’t think I even understood until that mistake happened. But it’s part of the journey and a hard lesson I needed to learn."</p>.<p>The 28-year-old rued that he was not able to make a better decision at that time.</p>.<p>"I guess one thing I learnt through the journey and being responsible is that’s where the buck stops (with Bancroft himself). Had I had better awareness I would have mad a much better decision," said Bancroft.</p>.<p>The trio of Bancroft, Smith and Warner were banned for their roles in the ball tampering scandal.</p>.<p>While Bancroft was handed a nine-month ban, then skipper Smith and his deputy Warner were suspended for a year each.</p>.<p>CA also slapped Warner, who was declared the plotter-in-chief, with a lifetime leadership ban while Smith was banned from leading Australia for two years.</p>.<p>Head coach Darren Lehmann also resigned in the aftermath of the scandal.</p>