Australian players prepare for fresh grilling after explosive ball tampering claims in Khawaja book

One-day international captain Mitch Marsh will face media this weekRed ball captain Pat Cummins also expected to face questioningThere is still more to tell about Australian cricket’s ball-tampering controversy according to Usman Khawaja, beyond what is included in his book, as his former teammates steel themselves for their reckoning with a dismayed and disappointed cricket community.Khawaja wrote in his book Sabr, out on Tuesday, that he urged his teammates to accept collective responsibility for the incident in a 21-page chapter that has resuscitated calls for players – including Test captain Pat Cummins – to address if they had any knowledge about the use of sandpaper to help the ball swing on the 2018 tour of South Africa. Continue reading…

ODI captain Mitch Marsh will be the first of those who played in the Cape Town Test to face the media this week in the wake of claims made by Usman Khawaja in a new book One-day international captain Mitch Marsh will face media this week Red ball captain Pat Cummins also expected to face questioning There is still more to tell about Australian cricket’s ball-tampering controversy according to Usman Khawaja, beyond what is included in his book, as his former teammates steel themselves for their reckoning with a dismayed and disappointed cricket community.

Khawaja wrote in his book Sabr, out on Tuesday, that he urged his teammates to accept collective responsibility for the incident in a 21-page chapter that has resuscitated calls for players – including Test captain Pat Cummins – to address if they had any knowledge about the use