\u201cWhen he says we all knew, if by that he means we knew sandpaper was going out on the field, he\u2019s 100 percent wrong,\u201d Cummins said at a press conference in his first comments since.<\/p>\n
\u201cI said that consistently for the last eight years. I did not know that was happening.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe says that I and others were architects of a scheme to ball tamper with sandpaper. That\u2019s complete and utter nonsense.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cummins and fellow bowlers Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Nathan Lyon all denied publicly in 2021 that they were aware of the plan.<\/p>\n
Warner has this week strongly backed his close friend Khawaja\u2019s new version of events.<\/p>\n
But Darren Lehmann, who was head coach at the time, denied any knowledge, as did former batting coach Graeme Hick who also rubbished Khawaja\u2019s allegations as \u201cabsolutely false\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cUsman is a friend, but friends aren\u2019t casual with each other\u2019s lives and reputations,\u201d added Cummins.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn his book he\u2019s been casual with my life and the lives of many others and I think Australian cricket.<\/p>\n
\u201cI support him to tell his story, 100 percent, I\u2019m glad he feels like he can, but we have to be accountable for the things that we say and do.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cricket Australia has ruled out reopening their investigation with chairman David Boon on Thursday assuring Cummins that his job was safe, regardless.<\/p>\n
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