Warner accuses Cricket Australia of ‘cover-up’ in ball-tampering scandal
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Summary
David Warner accused Cricket Australia of covering up details of the 2018 ball-tampering scandal and questioned whether investigators interviewed bowlers Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon. The renewed dispute followed Usman Khawaja’s claim in his autobiography that the team knew about the plan; Cricket Australia said it would not reopen its investigation.Key Facts
- Warner received a one-year ban for his role in the 2018 ball-tampering scandal in Cape Town.
- Warner said he was not aware that Cricket Australia interviewed Hazlewood, Starc or Lyon during its investigation.
- Khawaja alleged in his autobiography that the whole team knew about the plan to rough up the ball with sandpaper.
- Cricket Australia’s investigation found that Steve Smith, Warner and Cameron Bancroft knew about the plan.
- Starc, Hazlewood, Lyon and Pat Cummins publicly denied in 2021 that they knew about the plan.
- Cummins rejected Khawaja’s claims at a news conference, calling them “100 percent wrong.”
- Cricket Australia said players had a chance to speak during the original investigation and could later bring forward new evidence; it ruled out reopening the probe.
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