The controversy reignited after Usman Khawaja's memoir alleged the entire Australian team was aware of the sandpaper plan, a claim current captain Pat Cummins dismissed as nonsense. David Warner pushed back by asserting investigators never interviewed key bowlers Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc, or Nathan Lyon. Warner also accused Cricket Australia of running a shoddy inquiry to protect a predetermined narrative, noting Cummins had thrown Khawaja under the bus. Meanwhile, Cricket Australia has maintained that it has no intention of reopening the 2018 investigation.
Key points
Cricket Australia has repeatedly declined to reopen its formal inquiry into the Cape Town…: Cricket Australia has repeatedly declined to reopen its formal inquiry into the Cape Town ball-tampering scandal despite mounting player disputes.
Pat Cummins firmly rejected suggestions that the wider playing group had knowledge of the…: Pat Cummins firmly rejected suggestions that the wider playing group had knowledge of the ball-tampering scheme.
David Warner publicly criticized Pat Cummins for dismissing Usman Khawaja's account ahead…: David Warner publicly criticized Pat Cummins for dismissing Usman Khawaja's account ahead of the opening ODI against England.
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Former Australia opener
David Warner has accused Cricket Australia (CA) of covering up details of the 2018 ball-tampering scandal, questioning the governing body's investigation into the incident.
In another development in the controversy that rocked Australian cricket, Warner claimed that CA did not interview
Josh Hazlewood,
Mitchell Starc or Nathan Lyon during its investigation in the days after the Cape Town Test in 2018.
Warner made the allegation in an Instagram post on Saturday, a day after accusing Test captain Pat Cummins of throwing Usman Khawaja under the bus following the release of Khawaja's memoir, Sabr.
His latest comments came a day after Cummins addressed the allegations made in Khawaja's book during a lengthy press conference. The Australia captain dismissed the claims as “complete and utter nonsense”.
“As far as I am aware, CA did not interview Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc or Nathan Lyon in their 2018 investigation,” Warner posted to Instagram.
“If that’s correct, then how can CA push the idea that the bowlers didn’t know?
“It looks like they had decided who they wanted to blame from the…
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