{
  "id": 19952320,
  "title": "'That Stinks Of A Cover-Up': David Warner Questions CA's 2018 Ball-Tampering Probe",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/that-stinks-of-a-cover-up-david-warner-questions-cas-2018-ball",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-14T07:46:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/sports/that-stinks-of-a-cover-up-david-warner-questions-cas-2018-ball-tampering-probe"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Former Australia opener David Warner has questioned Cricket Australia's (CA) 2018 ball-tampering probe, alleging the investigation was flawed. Warner specifically pointed out that senior fast bowlers Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc, and Nathan Lyon were not interviewed during the inquiry. This omission led Warner to label CA's claims of the bowlers' unawareness as a \"cover-up.\" Usman Khawaja reignited the controversy with the release of his autobiography, Sabr, which he claims reveals that the ball-tampering plan extended beyond the three players sanctioned by Cricket Australia. Warner, while commenting on the first ODI between Australia and England, backed Khawaja's version of events, stating it was \"100 per cent accurate.\"",
  "summary": "Former Australia opener David Warner has accused Cricket Australia (CA) of conducting a flawed investigation into the 2018 ball-tampering scandal, questioning why senior fast bowlers Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon were allegedly not interviewed during the inquiry. Usman Khawaja sparked major controversy with the release of his autobiography, Sabr , which reopened the 2018 South…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "ABC News AU",
        "title": "Breaking: Warner says ball-tampering investigation 'stinks of a cover-up'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/breaking-warner-says-ball-tampering-investigation-stinks-of-a-cover-up",
        "published": "2026-11-14T03:44:22.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}