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Ex-cricketer Usman Khawaja declines to confirm if Australia's bowlers were aware of 2018 ball-tampering plot
<p>Former Australian opening batsman Usman Khawaja has cancelled events to promote his new book, local media reported on Wednesday, after an awkward television interview in which he refused to confirm whether Australia’s bowlers were involved in the <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2042956">2018 ball-tampering plot</a> in South Africa.</p> <p>Batsmen Steve
Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc breaks silence to deny knowledge of ball-tampering plan
Usman Khawaja’s new book alleges more than the three players suspended for ball tampering had knowledge of the plan in South Africa in 2018
Meet the surgeon saving the careers of cricket's best fast bowlers
New Zealand spinal surgeon Rowan Schouten has gained a reputation as the man to see for a generation of injury-plagued fast bowlers.
Khawaja’s explosive confession puts Australian bowlers in the firing line
Usman Khawaja says he was ready to go public with his recollections of “sandpapergate” in 2021 – but didn’t want to “go to war” with Australia’s bowlers, who had denied knowledge of a plan to tamper with the ball.
I don’t know a bowler who hasn’t licked, flicked, scratched or slobbered on a cricket ball
Former South Africa captain Faf du Plessis has said he thought the punishment for Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft was over the top. He has a point.
Bowler's extra-time winner for Blackpool sinks 10-man Hornchurch
Blackpool survive a scare at Hornchurch, needing a 118th-minute winner from Josh Bowler to secure a 2-1 comeback victory at the Hornchurch Stadium.
Star bowler banned for two matches for prescription medication breach
Pace ace Megan Schutt has apologised following her ban, announced on Thursday, which isn’t related to performance enhancements.
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