Australia bowlers call for end to ball-tampering ‘rumours’
Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon deny any knowledge of ball-tampering in 2018 Test in SA
18 May 2021 - 17:12
Sydney — The four Australia bowlers who played in the “Sandpapergate” Test against SA in 2018 issued a statement on Tuesday denying any knowledge of ball-tampering and calling for an end to “rumour-mongering” and “innuendo”.
Three years after the infamous scandal plunged Australian cricket into crisis, it reared its head again after a suggestion that responsibility for the affair might run deeper than the three players punished for it...
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