Sydney: Former opener David Warner has refused to retreat from his claim that Cricket Australia’s investigation into the 2018 ball-tampering scandal was a cover-up and has now asked why players were never handed all the evidence at the time.
“Just to clarify, ‘as far as I am aware’, was the POINT. I was never told the bowlers had been interviewed or provided statements. That information would have been pretty useful when I was forced to make decisions back in 2018. Why weren’t we given all the evidence by CA?” wrote Warner on his Instagram account on Sunday.
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The controversy around the Sandpapergate in Cape Town has been building since Usman Khawaja’s autobiography, Sabr, was released earlier this week. Khawaja has alleged that the whole Test squad knew about the sandpaper plan, and Warner has publicly sided with his childhood friend.
On Friday, Australia captain Pat Cummins addressed a press conference for 68 minutes and described Khawaja’s allegations as nonsense and ‘100 percent wrong.’ Warner, who was part of the Fox Sports commentary team for the first ODI against England in Perth, reacted sharply against the comments made by Cummins.
“Pat Cummins was very well prepared this morning.
