Sandpapergate Twist: Ex-Aus Coach Accused Of Telling Smith, Bancroft To Lie
https://ift.tt/FYToQJp A fresh detail about the 2018 Sandpapergate controversy has emerged, with former Australian bowling coach David Saker being accused of asking Steve Smith and Cameron Bancroft to lie during a press conference in South Africa about the use of sandpaper. Eight years after one of Australian cricket's most infamous incidents, Usman Khawaja claimed in his memoir Sabr that the entire Australian team knew about the ball-tampering attempts and argued that Bancroft, Smith and David Warner should not have been punished alone. Now, a report in the Sydney Morning Herald has claimed that the coach Khawaja repeatedly referred to in the scandal was then bowling coach David Saker. The newspaper reported that Saker "urged Smith and Bancroft not to reveal the nature of the yellow object that had been taken onto the field at Newlands at their media conference after play on the day the scandal broke." It also alleged that Saker repeatedly told Bancroft and Smith, ...