Test cricket captain Pat Cummins has rejected in full former teammate Usman Khawaja’s claim that all players knew about ball tampering in South Africa in 2018, labelling it “complete and utter nonsense”.
Cummins’ former teammate David Warner – one of the three players to have been punished for the cheating incident – hit back, saying Cummins had thrown Khawaja “under the bus” and that Cricket Australia’s investigation was “botched” and designed to deflect blame from the rest of the team.
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