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Independent umpire needs to adjudicate on Sandpapergate

The Australian Financial Review (AFR) •
November 10, 2026 • 06:00 PM
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As the cracks in the official version widen, it’s difficult to see how Cricket Australia can keep playing a straight bat to growing calls for an independent inquiry

Independent umpire needs to adjudicate on Sandpapergate

Cricket Australia chief executive Todd Greenberg’s refusal to reopen its so-called Sandpapergate investigation appears untenable.

Eight years ago, during the 2018 Test match against South Africa in Cape Town, opening batsman Cameron Bancroft was infamously caught on television cameras putting sandpaper into his underpants. The national outrage over Australia’s cricketers caught cheating at a game supposedly played by gentlemen was led by then prime minister Malcolm Turnbull.

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