Usman. Khawaja's comments have attracted fresh attention following his revelations about the 2018 Sandpapergate scandal in South Africa. His autobiography, Sabr, also discusses the use of unconventional methods to generate reverse swing in domestic cricket. However, Scott Boland has questioned the suggestion that such practices were common in the Victorian dressing room, while insisting that he had not seen anything untoward.
He suggested that players used different ways to rough up the ball while keeping one side relatively shiny. Khawaja also recalled situations in which the fielding side would look for opportunities to work on the ball when it went out of play. He acknowledged that he did not personally scratch or tamper with the ball, but admitted that he knew about such practices and did not oppose them.
Scott Boland contradicts Usman Khawaja over ball tampering in Victorian cricket
Scott Boland, who made his first-class debut for Victoria in 2011, was asked about Khawaja's allegations and appeared unconvinced by the description of the state's former players as experts in the so-called dark arts. While acknowledging that questionable practices might take place in cricket without close monitoring, he said his own experience with Victoria had been different.
"Yeah, I don’t know what the dark arts are," Boland said with a laugh.
I can’t see it being too much of a distraction - Scott Boland on Sandpapergate talks
Scott Boland does not expect the renewed discussion around Sandpapergate to affect Australia's preparations for the upcoming summer. Australia are looking to respond after their series defeat to South Africa, with New Zealand set to visit for a Test series beginning in Perth on December 9.
“I can’t see it being too much of a distraction, it was eight years ago, the guys have played a lot of Test cricket since then. I don’t see it being too big of a distraction," Scott Boland said.
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