India, November 14, 2026: Warner accuses Cricket Australia of 'cover-up' over 'Sandpapergate'. The Hindu reported the development in a detailed account.

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Data Point Decoding the headlines with facts, figures, and numbers THEdge At the cutting edge of education and careers Health Matters Ramya Kannan writes to you on getting to good health, and staying there The Hindu On Books Books of the week, reviews, excerpts, new titles and features. File picture of David Warner, Steven Smith and Cameron Bancroft during a Test with the Australian team | Photo Credit: Getty Images David Warner blasted Cricket Australia's handling of the 2018 ball-tampering scandal as "a cover-up" on Saturday (November 14, 2026), escalating a row that has torn apart the sport. Former opener Warner, who was banned for a year over his part in the "Sandpapergate " incident in Cape Town, lashed out at what he claimed was "a shoddy investigation".

"As far as I am aware, CA did not interview Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc or Nathan Lyon in their 2018 investigation," he said on Instagram. "If that's correct then how can CA push the idea that the bowlers didn't know?. "It looks like they had decided who they wanted to blame from the very beginning, ran a shoddy investigation to serve the purpose and now they want to maintain the false narrative that the bowlers had no idea.

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