{
  "id": 19478520,
  "title": "Ex-cricketer Usman Khawaja declines to confirm if Australia's bowlers were aware of 2018 ball-tampering plot",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/ex-cricketer-usman-khawaja-declines-to-confirm-if-australias-bowlers",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-11T09:19:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn",
    "slug": "dawn",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2043770/ex-cricketer-usman-khawaja-declines-to-confirm-if-australias-bowlers-were-aware-of-2018-ball-tampering-plot"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Former Australian opening batsman Usman Khawaja has cancelled events to promote his new book, local media reported on Wednesday, after an awkward television interview in which he refused to confirm whether Australia’s bowlers were involved in the 2018 ball-tampering plot in South Africa. Batsmen Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft were sanctioned over the ‘Sandpapergate’ scandal, but…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}