Warner backs Khawaja’s Sandpapergate account, calls Cricket Australia probe ‘rushed and botched’
David Warner has backed his teammate Usman Khawaja's account of the Sandpapergate cheating scandal, which implicated the entire Australian cricket team in the ball tampering episode that occurred in 2018 at Cape Town. Warner posted a video on Instagram supporting Khawaja's claims, stating that it's "100% accurate" and expressing gratitude for Khawaja's actions.
This comes eight years after the scandal rocked Australian cricket, leading to lengthy suspensions for Warner, Steve Smith and Cameron Bancroft. The Cricket Australia investigation into the ball tampering scandal was called "rushed and botched" by Warner, as he believes the investigation was inadequate. Khawaja, who retired from international cricket in January, promised Warner, his childhood friend, that he would tell the truth.
The scandal resulted in the heaviest penalties ever imposed for ball tampering in international cricket.
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