Former Australia cricket coach Mickey Arthur believes "it would be good" for shamed trio Steven Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft to be given the chance to play county cricket this year.

Smith and Warner are serving one-year bans, with Bancroft out for nine months, for their part in the ball-tampering scandal in Australia's series in South Africa last month.

Bancroft was due to be Somerset's overseas player this season but his deal was terminated in the fall-out of the furore which saw him use sandpaper to alter the condition of the ball in Cape Town.

But Arthur, who coached Australia between 2010 and 2013, hopes they will be given a chance to resume their career in the English domestic game.