The scandal came to light during the 2018 Cape Town Test against South Africa.
Following new revelations by former Australian Test cricketer Usman Khawaja regarding the 2018 ball-tampering scandal, the Chief Executive of Cricket Australia has ruled out the possibility of re-investigating the incident.
In his new autobiography, Usman Khawaja claims that the entire Australian team was aware of the plan to use sandpaper to rub the ball in order to achieve reverse swing. The scandal emerged during the 2018 Cape Town Test against South Africa.
At the time, action was taken only against Cameron Bancroft, then-captain Steve Smith, and vice-captain David Warner. Bancroft was caught on television cameras tampering with the ball; subsequently, he received a nine-month ban, while Smith and Warner were each handed one-year bans.
No other player on the team accepted responsibility for the matter. In fact, the bowling unit—comprising current captain Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, and Nathan Lyon—issued a joint statement in 2021 asserting that they had been unaware of the plan. However, following Usman Khawaja’s claim that “we were all aware of this plan,” questions have begun to arise regarding the previous stance taken by these players.
Meanwhile, David Warner has fully supported the claim made by his friend and former teammate, Usman Khawaja, stating that he agrees with him 100 percent.
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