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https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/my-mental-health-wasnt-100-percent-david-warner-cricket-australia-8342593/


The left-hander slammed the process by taking to social media platforms
“They want to conduct a public spectacle to, in the Panel’s words, have
a “cleansing”. “I am not prepared for my family to be the washing
machine for cricket’s dirty laundry.” he said.

Warner’s manager’s claims about sandpaper gate

Warner’s manager James Erskine made eye-opening revelations about the scandal.

Erskine claimed the players got a go-ahead from two of the executives
from the board after a test match loss against South Africa in Hobart in
2016.

Erskine claimed that the executives were berating the team after losing
the game to which Warner responded by saying ‘We’ve got to reverse-swing the ball. ‘The only way we can reverse-swing the ball is by tampering
with it.’.

“He (Warner) has shut up, he protected Cricket Australia, he protected
his fellow players … because at the end of the day no one wanted to hear
any more of it and he’s got on playing cricket,” Erskine added.

What happened in Cape Town in 2018?

The four-match test series was levelled at 1-1 against South Africa.
During the third day of the game, the TV Camera caught the Australian
opener, Cameron Bancroft using sandpaper to rough up the ball to enable
it to reverse swing.

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