{
  "id": 18651630,
  "title": "Usman Khawaja disputes Cricket Australia findings on 2018 ball-tampering scandal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/07/usman-khawaja-disputes-cricket-australia-findings-on-2018-ball",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-07T06:06:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Times",
    "slug": "daily-times",
    "url": "https://dailytimes.com.pk/1578028/usman-khawaja-disputes-cricket-australia-findings-on-2018-ball-tampering-scandal/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Former Australian cricketer Usman Khawaja disputed official findings surrounding the 2018 “Sandpapergate” ball-tampering scandal in excerpts from his upcoming autobiography published on Saturday. According to published extracts from his memoir Sabr, Khawaja stated that discussions regarding ball-tampering were far more widespread across the touring squad than Cricket Australia’s official probe…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "Cricket Australia responds to explosive Khawaja claims",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/cricket-australia-responds-to-explosive-khawaja-claims-18601413",
        "published": "2026-11-06T23:57:34.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "Cricket Australia responds to explosive Khawaja claims",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/cricket-australia-responds-to-explosive-khawaja-claims",
        "published": "2026-11-06T23:57:34.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Times of India",
        "title": "‘It was all of us’: Khawaja drops bombshell on Australia's ball-tampering scandal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/07/it-was-all-of-us-khawaja-drops-bombshell-on-australias-ball-tampering",
        "published": "2026-11-07T02:10:26.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}