David Warner has posted a fresh bold claim in relation to the events in Cape Town, alleging three bowlers were not interviewed about the sandpaper scandal.
Over the past week, Warner has been vocal about Usman Khawaja’s claim the Australian Test team were aware of the idea to tamper with the ball, although captain Pat Cummins disputed the claim.
At the time of the incident, Cricket Australia (CA) opened an investigation into the on-field actions, from which it handed down the heavy sanctions on Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft.
Warner claims Australian bowlers Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon were not interviewed in Cricket Australia’s investigation.
“As far as I am aware, CA did not interview (them),” he wrote on Instagram.
“If that’s correct, then how can CA push the idea that the bowlers didn’t know?
“It looks like they had decided who they wanted to blame from the very beginning, and ran a shoddy investigation to serve the purpose, and now they want to maintain the false narrative that the bowlers had no idea.
“That stinks of a cover-up”.
Cricket Australia also engaged The Ethics Centre executive director Dr Simon Longstaff to conduct his own broader parallel investigation into the culture of the team.
Longstaff said he invited and spoke with several current and former members of Australian team, as well as sponsors and staff.
Longstaff said he almost...
David Warner has posted a fresh bold claim in relation to the events in Cape Town, alleging three bowlers were not interviewed about the sandpaper scandal. Over the past week, Warner has been voca...