I have no sympathy for Smith. It wasn't long ago that the cricket world were united in their support for Australian cricket over the death of Phil Hughes.
Didn't stop Warner acting like a twat while Smith chuckled alongside him in the slips.
What those 3 did is akin to drug taking. But the episode goes far beyond cheating, hence the length of the bans.
1. It’s senior players getting the youngest member to carry out the plan.
2. Lying to the Umpires.
3. Lying in the press conference.
They have been at it for ages, hence Starc being “injured” for this Test. He has been swinging the old ball round corners for a while now and those 3 missing and no swing sound give the game away.
It's more than just those three factors though. It's not as if someone was caught nicking the quarter seam with his thumbnail or 'accidentally' scraping the rough side on the concrete pitch surround, it was a planned and organised deception that involved bringing equipment onto the pitch in order to cheat.
South Africa only need to draw to win the series. I would have batted all day and in to tomorrow purely for knowing how much it would wind up the Aussies