Todd Greenberg has reiterated that Cricket Australia will not reopen its investigation into the 2018 Sandpapergate scandal despite fresh revelations from Usman Khawaja and support from David Warner.
Cricket Australia boss Todd Greenberg confirmed that they will not re-investigate the infamous sandpaper scandal despite bombshell claims from former AUS cricketers Usman Khawaja and David Warner.
The sandpapergate came to prominence once again following Khawaja’s bold claim, saying that all Australian players were aware of ball tampering. Warner also backed Khawaja’s version, further escalating the controversy.
Khawaja shed light on the controversy with the release of his autobiography ‘Sabr’, in which he has included an entire chapter related to the incident.
‘Absolutely no benefit in going back’
Speaking to SEN Radio, Greenberg said Cricket Australia has no intention of revisiting the matter. He believes the issue was addressed under a previous administration in 2018 and rather than re-evaluating past decisions with the benefit of hindsight, CS wants to move forward and focus on the future.
“There’s absolutely no benefit in going back. That’s the clear position of the CA board. I think it’s time we’ve got to look ahead, and the matter was dealt with under a previous leadership back in 2018. And you know, trying to second-guess decisions from a previous time, or making an assessment through the prism of hindsight, it’s not something we want to do,” Greenberg said.
More from FirstcricketOn Tuesday, the CA chief added that he does not ‘see any compelling reason to open the investigation’ and said that the board is ‘comfortable with the outcome of the investigation.’
Greenberg makes big claim
Greenberg added that he had spoken to other players from the Cape Town dressing room, saying what they said was different from Khawaja’s.
“I can assure you, there are lots of other players who have a very, very different version of events, and they’ve made that very public from the very start in 2018. They’ve been very consistent in their position right through until today, and my conversations with many of them over the weekend, I don’t think that will change either,” Greenberg added.
Australia and South Africa recently locked horns in a Test series, in which the Proteas Men triumphed with a 2-1 series lead.