Australia National Cricket Team captain Pat Cummins has finally reacted to his former teammate Usman Khawaja’s upcoming autobiography and the possibility of the controversial Sandpapergate scandal making headlines again.
With Australia preparing to face South Africa in a three-match Test series, the 2018 ball-tampering controversy has once again returned to the headlines. Khawaja’s autobiography, titled Sabr, will be released on November 10, shortly after the Test series ends.
The former Australian opener Usman Khawaja has reportedly shared some details of the book with Pat Cummins, but its full contents remain a secret. The book has been published by Penguin Random House, which has not provided advance copies. Interestingly, Khawaja has also written the autobiography himself without using a ghostwriter.
Speaking ahead of the first Test against South Africa in Durban, Pat Cummins confirmed that Usman Khawaja had contacted him a few weeks ago to inform him about the book.
However, the Australia National Cricket Team captain said he was not worried about any fresh details emerging from the Sandpapergate scandal.
Pat Cummins said during a pre-match press conference as quoted by ESPNCricinfo, "Yeah, Uz gave me a buzz a few weeks back that he is releasing a book. He didn't go into too much detail, just basically gave me the heads-up that he is doing a book. As always, [my response was], 'No worries, you can tell your story. That's fine'.”
Pat Cummins sends strong message on the ball-tampering controversy
Cummins made it clear that the 2018 ball-tampering controversy had been investigated and discussed many times over the years. The fast bowler believes that Australia has moved on from that dark chapter of Australian history and developed as a team over the last eight to nine years.
His main focus is now on leading the Australian side rather than revisiting an incident from the past. Pat Cummins further shared, “Tell your story. It's fine. It's obviously a long time ago, and all the investigations—everything was done back then, and we answered every question a million times.”
The Australian captain continued, “It was dealt with then, and all I can say is that as a group, we have moved on, and we are very happy with the last eight to nine years of how we have been as a group and evolved, and obviously my focus is on captaining the cricket team.”
Meanwhile, South African broadcaster SuperSport has reignited memories of the 2018 Sandpapergate scandal ahead of the three-match Test series between Australia and South Africa.
The broadcaster shared footage of Cameron Bancroft's ball-tampering incident on social media, warning that its cameras would be closely watching the upcoming series.
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However, Cricket Australia chief executive Todd Greenberg stressed that relations between the two teams had improved significantly over the last eight years and hailed its achievements.
Greenberg, who is with the Australian team in South Africa, said both teams are at the same hotel and are having breakfast together. Greenberg also praised the current Australian team for its improved behaviour off the field.
Greenberg stated, “Both teams are staying in the same hotel, and we are staying in the same hotel, both teams; we're actually having breakfast together. I don't think there's that heightened emotion between the teams that [used to be] here. Eight years ago is a long time. The Australian public can feel very proud of that team, what they've achieved on the field, and how they carry themselves off it.”
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