Australia captain Pat Cummins denies involvement in ‘Sandpapergate’ scandal
Verified: 10 outlets in 9 countries have reported this story since Nov 12.
Cummins says Khawaja was '100 percent wrong' in claiming the whole team knew about the 2018 ball-tampering scandal.
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Two or more outlets reported this story and its reliability score reached 65%, so WorldPulse marks it verified. That means more than one outlet says so, not that it is proven true.
Who reported it
- Nov 12, 10:40 PM UTCFirst reportPat Cummins press conference live updates: Australian cricket captain to speak about Usman Khawaja’s ‘Sandpapergate’ claimstheguardian.com ↗
- Nov 12, 11:29 PM UTC+48 min'Utter nonsense', Australia skipper Cummins denies involvement in sandpaper plotchannelnewsasia.com ↗
- Nov 12, 11:37 PM UTC+57 min'Utter nonsense': Pat Cummins dismisses Khawaja sandpaper claims1news.co.nz ↗
- Nov 13, 5:50 AM UTC+7 h'Utter nonsense', Australia skipper Cummins denies involvement in sandpaper plotdawn.com ↗
- Nov 13, 6:47 AM UTC+8 h· you’re reading thisAustralia captain Pat Cummins denies involvement in ‘Sandpapergate’ scandalaljazeera.com ↗
- Nov 13, 7:16 AM UTC+9 hSandpaper saga: Pat Cummins calls Usman Khawaja allegations 'nonsense'thenationalnews.com ↗
- Nov 13, 10:13 AM UTC+12 hIN DENIAL: Pat Cummins rejects Khawaja’s Sandpapergate allegations as ‘utter nonsense’dailymaverick.co.za ↗
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4h agoAustralia captain Pat Cummins denies involvement in ‘Sandpapergate’ scandal Cummins says Khawaja was '100 percent wrong' in claiming the whole team knew about the 2018 ball-tampering scandal.
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