The controversy resurfaced after Khawaja claimed that the entire Australian team knew about the ball-tampering plan during Australia's tour of South Africa. David Warner backed his former teammate's account and questioned the inquiry, while several players have continued to dispute Khawaja's claims.
"I haven't read the book yet. Clearly it is out, but I'll hopefully get an opportunity to do it, but Usman was good enough to let me know some months ago that he would be releasing a book, and I really appreciated that call," Greenberg told SEN.
"But there are specific details in his book that contradict the versions that have been provided by others. And I want to be really careful to consider what Usman's actually said, and not respond to the headlines or the subsequent commentary that gets created."
"We don't see any compelling reason to open the investigation or revisit this again. I don't think there's anything that can be gained from that."
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Khawaja further revealed that Cricket Australia never interviewed him during the inquiry, despite him sitting next to Bancroft throughout the Cape Town Test. Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Nathan Lyon denied knowing about the plan in a joint statement issued in 2021.
"I can assure you, there are lots of other players who have a very, very different version of events, and they've made that very public from the very start in 2018," Greenberg said.
"It's important to attribute his words and not the headlines. It's important to know that back at that time, players were urged to come forward, and they had the opportunity to do so over these past eight years, and that remains the case."
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"There's no doubt that you'll hear from Pat and you'll hear from other players over the coming days or weeks," Greenberg said. "And as I said, I know people are calling for the truth, but in reference to the bowlers, I think one thing that is clear is they've been very consistent from the original investigation back in 2018, in the days that immediately followed this Test match.
Smith and Warner, captain and vice-captain at the time, received 12-month suspensions, while Bancroft was handed a nine-month ban. Warner later faced a leadership ban, which Cricket Australia lifted in October 2024.
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