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Australia Test captain Pat Cummins calls Khawaja's sandpapergate claims ‘complete and utter nonsense’

Headline via The Guardian · first report 13 Nov, 04:29 IST, latest 13 Nov, 05:17 IST

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What we know

4 independent news organisations have reported this story. The first report we saw came from ESPNcricinfo at 13 Nov, 04:29 IST; the latest is from BBC Sport at 13 Nov, 05:17 IST. Rational Times has not independently confirmed the details: read each report through the links below.

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Reported by4 news organisations
First report13 Nov, 04:29 IST
Latest report13 Nov, 05:17 IST
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What the reports sayEach newsroom’s own summary of its report, from its feed

Australia captain says Khawaja's suggestion that the entire 2018 Cape Town XI knowing that sandpaper was being used on the field is 100% wrong
Cummins insists he did not know of ball tampering plot in South Africa‘No masterplan around using illegal methods,’ Cummins saysPat Cummins has flatly denied Usman Khawaja’s claims that the entire team was implicated in the 2018 sandpaper scandal as “complete…
Australia captain Pat Cummins hits back at former team-mate Usman Khawaja’s claims over the sandpaper scandal, calling them “100% wrong” and “utter nonsense”.

Quoted from the newsrooms’ own feeds, with their names and links. Rational Times has not independently confirmed the details.

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