Friday Headlines: 

• Sam Wood denied bail
• Former Prince Andrew wins case against UK Police
• ATO facing pressure from government over credit card ban
• Greens celebrate ‘biggest surge in new members’ since leadership change 
• Christa Pike ‘up and walking’ after surviving two lethal injections

Further listening from the headlines:
Sach's chat with David Shoebridge

Deep Dive: Eight years ago, a young Aussie cricketer was caught on camera stuffing sandpaper down his pants during a Test match in Cape Town.  

It became known as Sandpapergate - Australian cricket's biggest cheating scandal.  

The fallout was brutal. Captain Steve Smith cried on live TV, players were banned, the coach quit and sponsors walked. Now, for the first time since, Australia is back playing Test cricket in South Africa.  

So how did a bit of sandpaper become a national crisis? And was the outrage ever worth it?  

In this episode of The Briefing, Chris Spyrou is joined by sports journalist Sam Ferris, who covered the series from South Africa, to unpack what happened, who knew what, and how it still follows the team. 

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