'No reason' to reopen sandpaper investigation
Summary
Cricket Australia chief executive Todd Greenberg said the organization sees no compelling reason to reopen its investigation into the 2018 ball-tampering scandal. Mitchell Starc said he remains disappointed by Usman Khawaja’s claim that the team knew sandpaper was used, while David Warner has backed Khawaja’s account.Key Facts
- Cricket Australia’s 2018 investigation found that the team’s bowlers did not know sandpaper had been taken onto the field.
- The scandal led to bans for captain Steve Smith, vice-captain David Warner and batter Cameron Bancroft.
- Greenberg said he had not yet read Khawaja’s autobiography and wanted to consider Khawaja’s statements directly.
- Greenberg said Cricket Australia remains comfortable with its investigation’s outcome and would not reopen it.
- Starc said his recollection has not changed from the bowlers’ 2021 statement that they did not know sandpaper was taken onto the field.
- Starc said Khawaja’s claim that sandpaper was used in the second Test at Port Elizabeth was the first he had heard of it.
- Warner, who received a one-year ban, said Khawaja’s account was “100% accurate.”
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