Cricket Australia has formally contacted Cameron Bancroft seeking new information about the 2018 sandpaper scandal after an interview with the batsman placed the issue firmly back on the agenda. Speaking to the Guardian over the weekend, Bancroft was asked directly if the bowlers knew about his actions and twice said the answer was “pretty self-explanatory”. Now CA’s integrity unit have written to him during his overseas stint at Durham, offering him the chance to shed fresh light on the controversy. “I think there’s a few people that have got it stored away and are ready to pull the trigger when the time is right,” he said. “I think anyone would be naive to think that people weren’t aware of what’s going on about ball maintenance and I don’t think CA wanted to go there.”

Source: The Irish Times May 17, 2021 12:21 UTC