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Not much was said on it at the time, but the South African news did release footage of Bancroft spooning sugar into his pockets before the previous test. So it'l seems the sandpaper was simply an escalation.

It does seem classless to throw Warner under the bus. It doesn't really matter who's idea it was either, if you see a team mate sandpapering the ball, as captain surely you put a sub fielder on and deal with it after.