Dizzy blasts Aussies for 'train wreck'

Former Australia fast bowler Jason Gillespie has become the latest ex-player to declare Steve Smith's job as Test captain is untenable in the wake of the ball tampering scandal.

In a strongly-worded column for The Guardian, Gillespie said Smith should be removed as skipper and that his actions have left the whole team needing to "rebuild public trust from scratch".

"Steve Smith's time as Australia's captain is surely up," the 42-year-old wrote. "It is impossible to envisage a scenario where he stays in the job. This is a train wreck.

"When Smith fronted the media on Saturday to explain his role in the ball-tampering scandal ... he did not appear to grasp the severity of what he was owning up to. That simply beggared belief.

"This was pre-planned cheating.

"The reputation of a team who were already drawing scorn for their behaviour has been torched."

Gillespie, who took more than 400 wickets for Australia in a decorated decade-long stint as a player, has since forged a successful career as a coach and recently guided Adelaide Strikers to the KFC BBL title.

The former right-arm quick said the swift and fierce response to the tampering scandal from the cricket community both in Australia and abroad is due to the already damaged reputation of the current team.

"The brutal reality is that this team are seen as arrogant and all too quick to dictate 'the line' to others," he wrote.

"It was not so long ago that (vice-captain David) Warner was ripping into Faf du Plessis for ball-tampering in 2016, saying Australia would never do the same. The events over the weekend have exposed this as rank hypocrisy.

"It is little wonder the fallout has been so huge and sympathy for Australia has been in such short supply. Because for all the good cricket played in this series against South Africa – and we are watching two excellent sides – the atmosphere has stunk and it has made the viewing less enjoyable than it should be.

"So the Australian men's team will now need to rebuild public trust from scratch. What must happen is a period of serious introspection. There are some fine individuals in the set-up, trust me, but as a team they need to re-examine how they play the game, along with their behaviour and image overall.

"Australian cricket will survive this and provided there is some honesty with the camp, it will hopefully emerge in better shape. New leaders will rise up and take the side forward. But it will not be Smith and it will not be Warner."

The ball-tampering scandal dominated the front and back pages of Australian newspapers on Monday as everyone from Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull down had their say, with former Test wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist saying "the integrity of Australian cricket is the laughing stock of world sport".

It comes after Smith was banned from the fourth Test by the International Cricket Council, having already stood down as captain.

In the coming days, Smith and his teammates will be interviewed by CA Head of Integrity Iain Roy, the person responsible with leading the investigation into how and why the Australians came to the decision to operate outside the rules of the game to gain an advantage.

David Warner stood down as vice-captain on Sunday but has not been charged by the ICC or CA.

In Smith's absence, wicketkeeper Tim Paine was named interim captain, and after play he said both Smith and Bancroft were not in great shape after a tumultuous few days in Cape Town.

"It's been a horrible 24 hours," Paine told reporters after Australia's 322-run defeat inside four days.

"They're struggling, but probably the reality and the enormity of what's happened is starting to sink in.

"I don't think we all would have expected this to be as big as it has been and particularly the fallout that we have seen from back home."

The Australians are set to fly to Johannesburg on Tuesday ahead of Friday's fourth Test at The Wanderers.

Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland is also flying to South Africa and will meet the players in Johannesburg.

CA Chairman David Peever said: "We expect to be able to fully update the Australian public on the findings on Wednesday morning (AEDT).

"We understand that everyone wants answers, but we must follow our due diligence before any further decisions are made."

Qantas tour of South Africa

South Africa squad: Faf du Plessis (c), Hashim Amla, Temba Bavuma, Theunis de Bruyn, Dean Elgar, Heinrich Klaasen, Quinton de Kock, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, Morne Morkel, Chris Morris, Wiaan Mulder, Lungi Ngidi, Duanne Olivier, Vernon Philander, Kagiso Rabada, AB de Villiers.

Australia squad: Steve Smith, David Warner, Cameron Bancroft, Pat Cummins, Peter Handscomb, Josh Hazlewood, Jon Holland, Usman Khawaja, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Shaun Marsh, Tim Paine, Jhye Richardson, Chadd Sayers, Mitchell Starc.

Warm-up match: Australia beat South Africa A by five wickets. Report, highlights

First Test Australia won by 118 runs. Scorecard

Second Test South Africa won by six wickets. Scorecard

Third Test South Africa won by 322 runs. Scorecard

Fourth Test Wanderers, Johannesburg, March 30-April 3. Live coverage