Steve Smith escaped with a slap on the wrist by the ICC for his role in the ball-tampering scandal β but it could get much worse for the Australian captain and his vice-captain David Warner.
It's a moment in Australian cricket history so scandalous, perhaps all we can do is laugh.
And the rest of the cricket world obliged with a relentless ambush of jokes at our expense, news.com.au reports.
No one was cheekier than this young red-headed South African fan, who waitedpatiently on the boundary during day four of the third Test before asking Nathan Lyon to sign a piece of sandpaper.