{
  "id": 19276463,
  "title": "Cricket Australia CEO says will not open another investigation into 'Sandpapergate'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/cricket-australia-ceo-says-will-not-open-another-investigation-into-19276463",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-10T03:18:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40448225/cricket-australia-ceo-says-will-not-open-another-investigation-into-sandpapergate"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Cricket Australia CEO Todd Greenberg has announced that the organization will not conduct another investigation into the 'Sandpapergate' scandal, despite claims from Usman Khawaja and David Warner that the knowledge of the 2018 ball-tampering plot was widespread within the team. Greenberg stated that players have \"very different views\" to Khawaja's version of events, as described in his new autobiography, which was released on Tuesday. Greenberg reiterated that they remain comfortable with the outcome of the previous investigation, adding that there is no compelling reason to reopen the case. The Australian team faced bans and other penalties following the incident during the Cape Town Test in 2018. Khawaja alleged in his autobiography that open discussions about scuffing the ball, including using sandpaper, took place during the South Africa series, involving not just batters, bowlers or staff but the entire team. Warner, who retired from international cricket years ago, backed Khawaja's account, calling the CA investigation \"botched\" and \"rushed.\"",
  "summary": "MELBOURNE: Cricket Australia (CA) boss Todd Greenberg has ruled out another investigation into the ’Sandpapergate’ scandal despite Usman Khawaja and David Warner’s remarks that knowledge of the 2018 ball-tampering plot was widespread throughout the team. Greenberg told local radio station SEN on Tuesday that players had “very different views” to Khawaja’s version of events of the 2018 tour of…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "‘People have different views’: Cricket Australia refuses to re-open sandpaper scandal investigation",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/people-have-different-views-cricket-australia-refuses-to-re-open",
        "published": "2026-11-09T22:30:21.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "‘People have different views’: Cricket Australia refuses to re-open sandpaper scandal investigation",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/people-have-different-views-cricket-australia-refuses-to-re-open-19235360",
        "published": "2026-11-09T22:30:21.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Cricket Australia CEO says will not open another investigation into 'Sandpapergate'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/cricket-australia-ceo-says-will-not-open-another-investigation-into",
        "published": "2026-11-10T02:43:56.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}