Australia cricket union chief wants bans reduced for Steve Smith and David Warner because they CRIED

AUSTRALIA’S cricket union wants the three Sandpapergate cheats’ bans reduced — because they all CRIED.

The news came as the Aussies fell to their heaviest Test runs loss since 1934.

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Steve Smith and David Warner got one-year bans and Cameron Bancroft nine months after the ball-tampering scandal in South Africa.

But as the Aussies lost by 492 runs for a 3-1 series defeat, the Australian Cricketers’ Association demanded the suspensions be cut after the trio sobbed during public apologies.

ACA chief Greg Dyer said: “Their distressed faces sent a message across the world as effective as any sanctions could.

“Australia cried with Steve Smith — I certainly did.

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“We ask for this extraordinary contrition to be taken into account by Cricket Australia.

“We believe the bans are disproportionate.”

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