Todd Greenberg stated that the organization remains completely satisfied with its initial 2018 inquiry and sees no benefit in launching a new probe. The decision follows Usman Khawaja's book detailing alleged team-wide discussions about ball tampering, which received social media backing from retired batsman David Warner. However, prominent bowlers including Pat Cummins have stood by their past statements denying any prior knowledge of the plot.
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Cricket Australia will not reopen the Sandpapergate investigation despite new claims cont…: Cricket Australia will not reopen the Sandpapergate investigation despite new claims contradicting previous player testimonies.
Current team leadership maintains that the ball-tampering scandal was thoroughly dealt wi…: Current team leadership maintains that the ball-tampering scandal was thoroughly dealt with during the original 2018 disciplinary process.
Disagreements persist among former and current teammates regarding who knew about the pla…: Disagreements persist among former and current teammates regarding who knew about the plan during the Cape Town tour.
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MELBOURNE, Nov 10 : Cricket Australia (CA) boss Todd Greenberg has ruled out another investigation into the 'Sandpapergate' scandal despite Usman Khawaja and David Warner's remarks that knowledge of the 2018 ball-tampering plot was widespread throughout the team.
Greenberg told local radio station SEN on Tuesday that players had "very different views" to Khawaja's version of events of the 2018 tour of South Africa as described in his new autobiography, which was released on Tuesday.
"There are specific details in his book that contradict the versions that have been provided by others," Greenberg said.
"But we have said we’re comfortable with the outcome of the investigation based on the information we’ve received.
"That includes what we’ve seen from Usman, and our position hasn’t changed on that. We don’t see any compelling reason to open the investigation or revisit this again, I don’t think there’s anything that can be gained from that.”
CA imposed bans and other penalties on Warner, Steve Smith and former test opener Cameron Bancroft four days after the incident came to light during the Cape Town test.
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