Australian cricket's sandpapergate is back - and it cuts deep in a 'nation of good sports'
Summary
Usman Khawaja’s memoir has renewed scrutiny of Australia’s 2018 ball-tampering scandal, in which Cameron Bancroft, David Warner and Steve Smith were punished. Khawaja says the whole team knew about the plan, while Pat Cummins has denied involvement and faced more than an hour of questions from reporters in Sydney.Key Facts
- Australia’s ball-tampering scandal took place during the 2018 third Test against South Africa in Cape Town.
- Cameron Bancroft was caught with sandpaper during the match.
- Bancroft, David Warner and Steve Smith admitted involvement and received lengthy bans.
- In a memoir released last week, Usman Khawaja said the entire Australian team knew about the plan.
- Khawaja said he had urged the team to take collective responsibility for the ball tampering.
- Khawaja has not identified who he says knew about the plan or what they knew.
- Cummins denied the claims about his involvement and said he wanted to answer all questions at the Sydney press conference.
- Warner said Khawaja had written the truth and criticized Cummins’ response.
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