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Australia Skipper Nonplussed over Forthcoming Book that Might Add to Sandpapergate Fallout
Cummins said Australia have moved on from the 2018 ball-tampering scandal as Usman Khawaja prepares to publish an autobiography in November.
- Pat Cummins, Australia captain, expressed no concern about potential 'sandpapergate' revelations in Usman Khawaja's upcoming autobiography, the first from any player involved in the Cape Town Test.
- The 2018 series in Cape Town became infamous after captain Steve Smith, vice-captain David Warner, and batter Cameron Bancroft were banned for ball-tampering; Warner was painted as the architect of the plot.
- Bowlers for Australia, including Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, and Nathan Lyon, have denied knowledge that 'a foreign substance' would be taken onto the field; Cricket Australia investigations found no other player knew of the plan.
- Khawaja called Cummins to provide a 'heads up' about the book, and the captain responded: 'He didn't go into too much detail, just basically gave me the heads up that he is doing a book and, as always, no worries.'
- On Friday, Australia will begin their first Test series in South Africa since the scandal, with Cummins stating: 'This group is quite a different group in how we approach playing.
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(Removes extraneous word 'the' from penultimate paragraph)By Mark GleesonDURBAN, Oct 8 : Australia’s 2018 ball-tampering scandal is back in the spotlight as the test side return to South Africa for the first time since “Sandpapergate”, but captain Pat Cummins on Thursday dismissed suggestions th
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