5. Faf Du Plessis
The South Africa captain was found to apply saliva to shine the ball during the second test at Hobart in 2016. The ICC found him guilty of ball tampering and fined him 100 percent of match fees.
Earlier in 2013, he scuffed the ball against the zip of his trousers in a test against Pakistan in 2013 for which he was penalized 50 percent match fees.

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