Claims extracted
18
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
11%
2 of 18 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
72/100
Dawn's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
4
Sports
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Former Australian Test bowler Chadd Sayers backed Usman Khawaja over his “Sandpapergate” claims on Sunday, contradicting Pat Cummins’ denials that he knew nothing about the ball-tampering plot.
uncertain
he → back → plot
Sayers was on the tour of South Africa but did not play in the third Test at Cape Town, where sandpaper was used to help make the ball swing.
asserted
ball → play → Town
A Cricket Australia probe concluded only then-skipper Steve Smith, his deputy David Warner and Cameron Bancroft were in the know, with all sent home and banned.
asserted
all → conclude → know
But Khawaja alleged in his autobiography last week that the whole team was aware, a claim strongly backed by Warner and now Sayers.
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team → allege → Warner
“I believe that everyone in that side knew what was going on and what was being used,” the retired Sayers, who played in the fourth Test at Johannesburg, told SEN radio.
asserted
who → believe → radio
Khawaja also alleged sandpaper was used in the second Test at Port Elizabeth, with Sayers saying he was the one who took it from the field.
asserted
who → allege → field
“It (sandpaper) was given to me to take off, so that wasn’t planned or anything.
asserted
that → give → me
I was just the player who took the drinks out at the time,” he said.
asserted
he → take → time
“It was used in two Test matches and there was discussions in the change rooms of how we were going to get the ball to reverse and what was going to be used.”
asserted
what → use → rooms
Cummins, now the Test captain, held a lengthy press conference on Friday to rubbish Khawaja’s allegations, calling them “100 per cent wrong”.
asserted
Cummins → hold → them
The bowling group of Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Lyon and Cummins all denied publicly in a 2021 statement that they were aware of the plan.
asserted
they → deny → plan
Cricket Australia have ruled out reopening their investigation.
asserted
Australia → rule → investigation
Warner on Saturday accused the governing body of “a cover-up”, saying that “as far as he knew” they did not interview Hazlewood, Starc or Lyon at the time.
“If that’s correct then how can CA push the idea that the bowlers didn’t know?,” he said.
asserted
he → accuse → idea
After numerous media reports confirmed the bowlers had indeed been interviewed, Warner on Sunday posted another statement on Instagram.
asserted
Warner → confirm → Instagram
“Just to clarify ‘As far as I am aware’ was the POINT,” he wrote.
asserted
he → clarify → ?
“I was never told the bowlers had been interviewed or provided statements.
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bowlers → tell → statements
That information would’ve been pretty useful when I was forced to make decisions back in 2018.
asserted
I → force → 2018
“Why weren’t we given all the evidence by CA?”
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we → give → CA
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