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50. Usman Khawaja’s Sandpapergate Claims + Paul Marsh & The BBL Fight
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Usman Khawaja’s new book chapter on the 2018 Cape Town ball-tampering scandal has reopened the debate over what the rest of the team knew.
Peter Lalor, who was there at the time, joins Matthew Hayden, Blewie and JB to pull it apart: whether the “three blokes” explanation holds up, the culture of ball tampering in world cricket, and why the ICC and Cricket Australia sanctions were so different. Hayden says he “can’t see how” Khawaja’s intentions fit, and Blewie explains what he saw as fielding coach. Then Paul Marsh, head of the Australian Cricketers’ Association, on the rushed 2018 investigation, whether it should be reopened, and where the BBL privatisation fight stands. Plus Marnus Labuschagne ruled out of the New Zealand series.
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