Australian players prepare for fresh grilling after explosive ball tampering claims in Khawaja 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 of sandpaper to help the ball swing on the 2018 tour of South Africa. Continue reading...