{
  "id": 19719421,
  "title": "Cummins: Khawaja's allegations 'complete and utter nonsense'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/cummins-khawajas-allegations-complete-and-utter-nonsense",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-12T22:47:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ESPNcricinfo",
    "slug": "espncricinfo",
    "url": "https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1562419.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Australia captain Pat Cummins has stated that Usman Khawaja's suggestion that the entire 2018 Cape Town XI knew sandpaper was being used on the field is 100% wrong, according to ESPNcricinfo. Cummins noted on social media that he has taken time to understand the full extent of the allegations so he can respond properly.\n\nDuring a news conference, Mitchell Marsh persistently refused to speak about the ball-tampering saga, stating it was his choice not to go back to his recollections of South Africa, per Yahoo Sports and BBC Sport. Marsh was a bowler for Australia when the scandal occurred in the 2018 Cape Town Test and is currently standing in for Cummins as the 50-over captain for the series against England.\n\nCricket Australia's interim chair David Boon told The Australian that the organization absolutely supports Cummins.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}