tampering investigation, sources say all bowlers spoken to
Former cricketer David Warner has criticized the 2018 ball-tampering investigation as a 'cover-up,' claiming key bowlers were not interviewed. Sources and current captain Pat Cummins have refuted these claims, stating all relevant players were questioned.
Why it matters
The public disagreement reignites controversy surrounding one of the biggest scandals in modern cricket history.
David Warner has lashed Cricket Australia's investigation of ball tampering in 2018. ( Getty Images/Gallo: Ashley Vlotman )
David Warner has posted on social media that bowlers Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon and Josh Hazlewood were not interviewed in the Cape Town ball-tampering investigation.
A source close to the bowling group has told the ABC the "comments are just not true", while Pat Cummins already said he was part of the 2018 inquiry.
Warner said the investigation was "shoddy" and "stinks of a cover-up".
Link copied Share Share article All four bowlers from the 2018 Cape Town Test spoke to investigators as part of the inquiry into ball tampering, the ABC understands, running counter to claims by former opening batter David Warner.
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