Banned former Australian captain Steven Smith yesterday said Cricket Australia executives James Sutherland and Pat Howard played a key role in spreading the toxic "win at all costs" culture in the team that led to the infamous ball tampering scandal.

Smith is serving a one-year ban for his role in the scandal that forced a review of Australia's cricket culture. "I think back to Hobart when we lost there against South Africa [November 2016] and it was our fifth straight loss in Test