Australia's captain and vice-captain stand down for third cricket Test after ball tampering incident

Steve Smith and David Warner have stood down as Australia's captain and vice-captain for the rest of the third Test against South Africa in Cape Town.

Steve Smith and David Warner have stood down as leaders for the rest of the third Test over the ball-tampering bombshell, with Tim Paine to lead Australia in Cape Town.

Smith and Warner are both set to play under Paine's leadership at Newlands, where day four will start at 7.30pm AEDT on Sunday.

Smith confessed overnight that Australia's leadership group authorised premeditated cheating at Newlands, wanting to use sticky tape in an illegal attempt to change the condition of the ball.

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