Claims extracted
25
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
8%
2 of 25 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
65/100
The Guardian's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
unclustered
not grouped into a story yet
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
GideonHaigh, writing for the Guardian this week, says the greatest shame of the controversy inflamed by UsmanKhawaja’s memoir Sabr is that “99% of those opining about it will never read it”.
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% → write → it
They will experience it by quotes and summaries, magnified and distorted, elided and exaggerated, shaped by voyeurism and schadenfreude.
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They → experience → voyeurism
Haigh says Khawaja was among the most talented batters in an Australian generation “when it was not in oversupply”, but points out he played in only 22% of the national team’s total fixtures over that period.
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he → say → period
If he developed a carapace to deal with such endless disappointment, should that surprise anyone?
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that → develop → anyone
Sabr might mean patience or resilience in Urdu, but a strength of Khawaja’s testament is that he allows the impatience to show through.
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impatience → mean → testament
It is a cranky book because, perhaps, a degree of crankiness is what it takes to come back and back and back, when one is never sure one’s abilities are appreciated and one’s face fits.
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face → take → what
Mitchell Starc’s statement: ‘we weren’t aware of things being taken on the field’
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things → take → field
Earlier this week, Mitchell Starc denied claims made in Khawaja’s book.
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Starc → deny → book
Starc broke his silence to address Khawaja’s comments, saying he was not aware that sandpaper was used in the Test before Cape Town, nor during the Newlands match.
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sandpaper → break → match
The paceman said his recollection of the match had not changed from what the bowlers said in a statement issued in 2021, which denied all knowledge of the ball-tampering plan.
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which → say → plan
He said:
As far as our statement said, we weren’t aware of things being taken on the field, that’s where I’ll leave it.
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I → say → it
We weren’t aware anything was taken on to the field to be tampered with.
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anything → take → field
We saw [the sandpaper] on the big screen in Cape Town.
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We → see → Town
As far as the book is concerned, I haven’t read it.
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I → concern → it
I probably won’t read it.
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I → read → it
So that’s for Usman to elaborate on.
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Usman → ’ → ?
I’ll stick to what I said five years ago, what I said at the time, eight years ago.
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I → stick → time
Clearly, there’s different versions from different people, and I’ll leave it where I left it back then.
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I → ’ → it
In 2018, during the third Test against South Africa in Cape Town, Australia’s opening batter, CameronBancroft, was caught on TV using sandpaper against one side of the cricket ball.
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batter → catch → ball
An investigation revealed the tampering was planned by the captain, SteveSmith, and vice-captain, DavidWarner.
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tampering → reveal → captain
Both, as well as Bancroft, received bans from international and local cricket.
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Both → receive → cricket
Fast-forward to now – and former Australian batter UsmanKhawaja alleged in his autobiography, Sabr: Finding My Way in Cricket and Life, that the use of sandpaper was widespread.
Khawaja alleged the tampering happened earlier in the series at Port Elizabeth and that the entire team knew about it. Cummins has not commented – until now.
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Cummins → allege → it
The Australian cricket captain, Pat Cummins, is to speak for the first time on the sandpaper scandal since allegations about ball tampering from his former teammate Usman Khawaja.
Cummins posted to social media that he would speak to reporters on Friday morning at Cricket NSW’s headquarters in Sydney.
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he → speak → Sydney
I’m training at Cricket Central tomorrow morning before the Blues play in the Shield match.
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Blues → train → match
I’ve taken some time to try and better understand the long list and full extent of Uzzy’s allegations so I can respond properly.
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I → take → allegations
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