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Cummins hits out at Khawaja in passionate hour-long press conference

Cummins hits out at Khawaja in passionate hour-long press conference

Australian Test cricket captain Pat Cummins rubbishes Usman Khawaja's ball tampering claims in a long and passionate press conference.

Pat Cummins said Usman Khawaja's claims that everyone knew about ball tampering in 2018 were "complete and utter nonsense".

In a press conference that lasted more than an hour, Cummins said Khawaja had been "casual" with people's lives and reputations.

Cummins also said he had seen ball tampering in Sheffield Shield, but would not elaborate on who or which team.

Australian captain Pat Cummins insists he had no knowledge sandpaper was being used during the infamous 2018 Test series in South Africa.

In an impassioned press conference tackling Usman Khawaja's claims that every player in the team knew that ball tampering was taking place, Cummins said the allegations were "complete and utter nonsense".

"When he says we all knew, if by that he means that we knew sandpaper was going out in the field, he's 100 per cent wrong," Cummins told reporters in Sydney.

"I've said that consistently for the last eight years. I did not know that was happening.

"But I think Usman actually says things that are actually far more serious than that. He says that I and others were architects of a scheme to ball tamper with sandpaper.

In a press conference that lasted more than hour, Cummins said Khawaja had been "casual"

In brief

Pat Cummins said Usman Khawaja's claims that everyone knew about ball tampering in 2018 were "complete and utter nonsense". In an impassioned press conference tackling Usman Khawaja's claims that every player in the team knew that ball tampering was taking place, Cummins said the allegations were "complete and utter nonsense". In a press conference that lasted more than hour, Cummins said Khawaja had been "casual"

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