Australian cricket’s governing body says it is open to investigating any new information about the ball-tampering scandal after comments made by batsman Cameron Bancroft in a Guardian interview. Bancroft, who has arrived in England to play county cricket with Durham, was banned for nine months by Cricket Australia for his role in the sandpaper plot that sent Australian cricket into crisis during a 2018 Test against South Africa. The batsman was caught by broadcast cameras using sandpaper on the ball before stuffing the evidence down his pants. Asked whether some of the bowlers knew what was going on, Bancroft told the Guardian: “All I wanted to do was to be responsible and accountable for my own actions and part. Since then, no one has presented new information to CA that casts doubt on the investigation’s findings.”

Source: The Guardian May 15, 2021 14:26 UTC