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'CA did not interview Josh Hazlewood, Starc or Lyon': David Warner makes fresh bombshell claim on ball-tampering, accuses Cricket Australia of 'cover up'

In another development in the controversy that rocked Australian cricket, Warner claimed that CA did not interview Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc or Nathan Lyon during its investigation in the days after the Cape Town Test in 2018.

✦ Extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting•From 3 sources•1 min read•Updated November 14, 2026, 9:04 AM UTC
Key points
  • Former opener Warner was banned for a year for his involvement in the 2018 'Sandpapergate' incident in South Africa.
  • That stinks of a cover up.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by David Warner (@davidwarner31) The ball-tampering scandal has returned to the spotlight after Khawaja made several claims while promoting his book, alleging that the entire Australian team knew about the plan to use sandpaper on the ball during the Cape Town Test.
  • Warner made the allegation in an Instagram post on Saturday, a day after accusing Test captain Pat Cummins of throwing Usman Khawaja under the bus following the release of Khawaja's memoir, Sabr.

Former vice-captain David Warner accuses Cricket Australia of a "cover-up", claiming Australia's bowlers were not interviewed in ball-tampering investigation.

Additional details
  • “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.
  • Warner and then captain Steve Smith were handed one-year bans by CA following the incident, while Cameron Bancroft received a nine-month suspension.
  • The former Australia opener followed that up with another Instagram post on Saturday, questioning the way CA handled the investigation.
  • Warner had also responded to Cummins' comments on Friday afternoon, ahead of Australia's opening ODI of the summer against England.
  • Cummins rejected those claims on Friday, while CA has previously said it has no intention of reopening the investigation into the incident.

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