Ex-cricketer Usman Khawaja declines to confirm if Australia's bowlers were aware of 2018 ball-tampering plot
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Former Australian opening batsman Usman Khawaja has cancelled events to promote his new book, local media reported on Wednesday, after an awkward television interview in which he refused to confirm whether Australia’s bowlers were involved in the 2018 ball-tampering plot in South Africa. Batsmen Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft were sanctioned over the ‘Sandpapergate’ scandal, but Khawaja claimed in his autobiography ‘Sabr’ that knowledge of the plan to manipulate the ball was not confined to those three players and that the whole team should be held responsible. Cricket…
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- Nov 11, 4:03 AM UTCFirst reportKhawaja declines to confirm if Australia's bowlers were aware of sandpaper plotchannelnewsasia.com ↗
- Nov 11, 9:25 AM UTC+5 h· you’re reading thisEx-cricketer Usman Khawaja declines to confirm if Australia's bowlers were aware of 2018 ball-tampering plotdawn.com ↗
- Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 11, 9:25 AM UTC · +5 h
[Claude] Report 2 covers the same Khawaja interview about whether bowlers knew of the 2018 sandpaper plot, with no conflicting facts.
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