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Cricketer Steve Smith has revealed how he stopped two teenage boys from taking their lives by sharing the torment he suffered following the ball-tampering scandal.

© Provided by Associated Newspapers Limited Steve Smith poses with his wife Dani Willis (both pictured) at their engagement party in October 2017- five months before the Sandpaper gate scandal Smith attended a state high school in Sydney's suburbs with Gus Worland and his Gotcha4life suicide prevention charity a few weeks after he was banned from cricket in March 2018.

But two hours after sharing the story of how his life had fallen apart, he was told two boys had confessed to staff separately that they both had planned to take their lives that weekend.

'I was actually driving and I had to pull over and just take a minute to digest what had been said,' Smith told the Daily Telegraph.

'Gus gave me a call and said, ''off the back of your chat, two kids have gone into the office and want to get help''.’

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The former Australian Cricket team captain had told the teenagers how he spent days crying when was removed from his position last year for his involvement in the ball-tampering scandal in 2018.

The batsman - along with teammates Cameron Bancroft and David Warner - were punished with temporary bans for their involvement.

During his school visit he told the teenagers how he how he managed to pull himself up from rockbottom.

The boys' families were unaware of the issues they were facing until Smith's school appearance.

Smith has now been to 25 schools to share his story.

© Provided by Associated Newspapers Limited Smith told the teenagers how he could not stop crying for the first few days after the sandpapergate scandal in South Africa

Since then, many boys have stepped forward to talk about their struggles - including one boy that was able to tell his father he is homosexual, another that was not coping with the pressure of private school, and others who were being bullied.

The Australian athlete said he is grateful that the incident led him to where he is now and that he is able to positively influence the lives of others.

'It’s helped me grow up a bit and grow as a person,' he said.

Six males between the ages of 15 and 44 take their own lives every day.

The revelation comes two weeks after Smith's wife Dani Willis revealed that the couple went through a rough patch following sandpapergate.

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