Australian captain Steve Smith has shot down suggestions of ball-tampering after video of him using saliva from the corner of his mouth during Sunday’s one-day loss to England raised eyebrows.
“It was all spit. People said something about lip balm. If you look at my lips they are pretty dry. I certainly didn’t have any of that on,” he told reporters Sunday.
“It is just the way I get the spit into the side of my mouth and get some spit onto the ball. There was nothing in it.”
England sealed the five-match ODI series in Sydney Sunday when a stunning century from Jos Buttler helped the visitors to an unbeatable 3-0 lead – a remarkable turnaround after Australia had trounced them 4-0 in the Ashes Tests.
