{
  "id": 19586008,
  "title": "'I'd tape it to my thumb': Ex-Australia star admits to using sandpaper",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/id-tape-it-to-my-thumb-ex-australia-star-admits-to-using-sandpaper",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-12T01:38:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/id-tape-it-to-my-thumb-ex-australia-star-admits-to-using-sandpaper-after-usman-khawajas-revelations-watch/articleshow/135752000.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Stuart MacGill has acknowledged using sandpaper on the ball during his cricket career, indicating it was not a deliberate cheating strategy. His admission follows recent statements made by Usman Khawaja in his memoir, which has reopened discussions on Sandpapergate. Cricket Australia maintains that the wider team was unaware of any wrongdoing during the 2018 Cape Town Test.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}