England pace bowler Stuart Broad has suggested the Australians have double standards as the ball-tampering scandal erupted in South Africa amid continuing tension there over verbal abuse involving players and spectators.
Footage emerged of Australia opener Cameron Bancroft using a foreign object on the ball and then hiding it down his trousers. Captain Smith later admitted Bancroft had been instructed to tamper with the ball by the team's "senior leadership" group.
On Sunday morning, Smith and David Warner stood down as captain and vice-captain for the remainder of the third Test in South Africa, with Tim Paine taking over the captaincy, before it was later announced Smith has been handed one-Test suspension by the ICC.
Broad questioned why Australia would want to tamper with the ball when they managed to generate reverse swing in the recent Ashes series.
"It is not what cricket needs, it is a shame." Broad told Sky Sports. "Smith said the team haven't done it before, so I don't see why they have changed their method for this Test match.
"You look through our Ashes series, they seemed, in most of the Test matches, get the ball reversing. I don't see why they would have changed their method for this game."
The Australia-South Africa series has also been marred by conflict over abuse involving both players and fans. Broad said he found it amusing that Australian coach Darren Lehmann could be critical of the abuse his players had received from some South African spectators.
"Lehmann came out and said the South African crowd have over-stepped the line and I listened to Nasser very briefly where he mentioned anyone who has toured Australia will laugh at those comments and you do," Broad added.
"When you and your family have toured Australia, you've heard the 'banter' they call it in the crowd, you find it strange when the Australian team or coaches complain about another country given how their [crowds] behave.
"I'm a believer that in sport especially that if you give it then you have got to take it sometimes.
"I think throughout the whole series, you've got two fantastic cricket teams going against each other and, just from watching from afar, it's been quite an ugly series really."