{
  "id": 19613807,
  "title": "Cricket Australia boss Boon backs Cummins' leadership amid 'Sandpapergate' row",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/cricket-australia-boss-boon-backs-cummins-leadership-amid-19613807",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-12T06:15:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40448554/cricket-australia-boss-boon-backs-cummins-leadership-amid-sandpapergate-row"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "MELBOURNE: Cricket Australia chairman David Boon has backed test captain Pat Cummins and said his job is not under threat over the allegations in Usman Khawaja’s book about his role in the 2018 ball-tampering affair. Former test batter Khawaja’s assertions that he and all of his teammates on the tour of South Africa had prior knowledge of a plan to manipulate the ball has reopened old wounds and…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Cricket Australia boss Boon backs Cummins' leadership amid 'Sandpapergate' row",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/cricket-australia-boss-boon-backs-cummins-leadership-amid",
        "published": "2026-11-12T01:27:14.000Z"
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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."
}