3 possible replacements for Steve Smith as a Test captain

Australian Cricketers Await Fate Of Ball Tampering Investigation

The last four-five days have been days to forget if you are an Australian cricketer or a fan as their team is in deep crisis after what transpired in the third Test against South Africa in Cape Town where batsman Cameron Bancroft was caught tampering the ball with sandpaper so that his bowlers will get reverse swing.

Cricket Australia confirmed that no one apart from these three were involved in this incident and all the three players have been slapped with severe punishments. Skipper Steve Smith and his deputy, David Warner, are banned from playing any form of official cricket for the next 12 months while Cameron Bancroft has been handed a nine-month ban.

Adding to this, both Smith and Warner have also been disallowed from captaining Australia for the next two years. Now that Smith has been stripped off the captaincy, let us take a look at three players who can lead the Aussies in Tests over the next two years.

Shaun Marsh

South Africa v Australia - 2nd Test: Day 1

Batsman Shaun Marsh has been a revelation for the Aussies ever since he made a comeback to the national Test team for the 2017 Ashes as he is one of the unsung heroes of Aussies' Ashes triumph.

In the six innings he played in the ongoing tour, he got off to good starts on four occasions but failed to convert his starts into big match-winning knocks.

Fondly called as Son Of Swampy, Shaun Marsh is an experienced campaigner as he has represented his country in 31 Tests, scoring 2045 runs at an average of close to 40. He also has prior captaincy experience as he has captained his domestic side Western Australia in the past.