Claims extracted
18
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
6%
1 of 18 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
72/100
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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 2018 ball-tampering plot in South Africa.
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bowlers → cancel → Africa
Batsmen Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft were sanctioned over the ‘Sandpapergate’ scandal, but Khawaja claimed in his autobiography ‘Sabr’ that knowledge of the plan to manipulate the ball was not confined to those three players and that the whole team should be held responsible.
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team → sanction → players
Cricket Australia (CA) CEO Todd Greenberg has ruled out another investigation into the scandal, but pressure was growing on Wednesday for the governing body to reopen the case.
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body → rule → case
Appearing on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s ‘7:30’ programme on Tuesday, Khawaja was asked whether captain Pat Cummins and his fellow bowlers had prior knowledge that sandpaper was being used to change the condition of the ball.
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sandpaper → appear → ball
“You’ve got to remember Pat Cummins is a good friend of mine, Mitchell Starc, a lot of these guys, guys on the team, other players on the team,” he replied.
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he → get → team
“I’m not here to go on a witch hunt, all I’ve ever wanted is for us to take accountability as a team and I don’t think that’s a lot to say.”
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that → ’m → team
Fast bowler Starc denied prior knowledge of the ball-tampering on Tuesday.
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Starc → deny → Tuesday
Warner, who was banned from the team for a year and cast by Cricket Australia’s investigation as the chief architect of the plot, threw his weight behind Khawaja on Monday and said his account was 100 per cent accurate.
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account → ban → Monday
Cummins said in South Africa last month that he had spoken to Khawaja about his book and was not concerned about any potential fallout.
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he → say → fallout
“He just basically gave me the heads-up that he’s doing a book, and yeah, as always, no worries.
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he → give → book
It’s fine,” Cummins said.
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Cummins → ’ → ?
Khawaja said in the interview he hoped other teammates would come forward and talk about the 2018 saga honestly but he was not forcing anyone to do anything, nor calling on CA to re-investigate.
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he → say → CA
“I’m not calling for anything, I’m literally sharing my version of the truth,” he added.
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he → call → truth
Australian media reported Khawaja pulled out of TV and radio interviews to promote his book following the TV interview.
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Khawaja → report → interview
Khawaja and his book’s publisher Penguin did not provide an immediate response to requests for comment.
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Khawaja → provide → comment
While Greenberg said on Tuesday there was “no compelling reason” for another investigation, there have been growing calls for CA to take another look at the scandal.
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CA → say → scandal
Editorials in two major newspapers have called on CA to take action while The Australian newspaper urged Cummins to break his silence as the team’s captain.
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newspaper → call → captain
Simon Longstaff, who led a cultural investigation into Australian cricket in the wake of ‘Sandpapergate’, said Khawaja and Warner’s allegations had shone a spotlight into the darker corners of the men’s game.
“My fear is that if the belatedly revealed claims are proven true, the damage to the game will be at least as great as that caused by the original sin of ball tampering,” he wrote in a column in the Australian Financial Review.
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he → lead → Review
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