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World● Low1h ago · Nov 12, 2026, 10:25 PM

Pat Cummins press conference live updates: Australian cricket captain to speak about Usman Khawaja’s ‘Sandpapergate’ claims

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Guardian Australia · Australia · Oceania

Cummins speaks about allegations in Usman Khawaja’s book about the 2018 ball-tampering incidentCummins says there’s a ‘proper way to do things’Cummins says he believes there was a proper way to handle the sandpaper incident, pointing to the Cricket Australia investigation shortly afterwards.There’s a very proper way to do things and improve. I think that investigation was a proper way to do it.Everyone was asked in the circumstances about a game very quickly after. So that’s for CA. I think you can maybe argue whether the judgements were fair, but what can you do? I got asked all the questions

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