Warner accuses Cricket Australia of cover-up over sandpaper scandal

Warner reopens sandpaper scandal

David Warner has accused Cricket Australia of a cover-up over its investigation into the two thousand eighteen ball-tampering scandal that rocked Australian cricket during a Test series in South Africa.

Khawaja claims entire team knew

Batter Usman Khawaja has reopened discussions about the scandal in his new autobiography, claiming the entire Australia team knew about the use of sandpaper to tamper with the ball.

Warner questions investigation scope

Warner claims Cricket Australia did not interview Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc or Nathan Lyon during its two thousand eighteen investigation, asking how the inquiry could conclude bowlers did not know.

“It looks like they had decided who they wanted to blame from the very beginning, ran a shoddy investigation to serve the purpose and now they want to maintain the false narrative that the bowlers had no idea. That stinks of a cover-up.”

Cummins disputes team knowledge claim

Pat Cummins, Australia's Test captain since two thousand twenty-one, said in a news conference on Friday that he was interviewed as part of the investigation and that suggestions the entire team knew were one hundred…

Cricket Australia will not reopen case

Cricket Australia said all players were given the opportunity to speak during the initial investigation and have had the ability to come forward with new evidence in the eight years since.