A jaw-dropping WAG urged her sport’s star husband to “be honest” as Sandpapergate has been reignited following the release of Usman Khawaja’s autobiography
A jaw-dropping WAG urged her sport’s star husband to “be honest” before Usman Khawaja’s autobiography reignited cricket’s Sandpapergate saga. Back in 2018, Aussie Cameron Bancroft was caught on television cameras using sandpaper to rough up one side of the ball.
It was claimed to aid the ball swing more, and the scandal led to lengthy bans for Cricket Australia. However, the scandal reared its head again after the release of the book.
Khawaja’s claimed the whole Australian team knew about the plan, but Pat Cummings slammed this “complete and utter nonsense” and accused Khawaja of being “casual with lives and reputations”.
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Cummings had been speaking at a press conference, before he fielded questions about images of him and his wife, Rebecca, seemingly arguing.
“It’s…very comical. Becky wears her heart on her sleeve. We weren’t having a spat. Becky was very frustrated, animated and really not happy with Usman,” Cummings said.
“She’s always just said to be honest and tell the details and put your washing away.”
He added: “I’ve been with Becky since well before that tour, so she’s seen everything. She leaves it all with me. So, she’s just saying, like, show your emotion because there are a lot of people here hurting.”
“It’s all a bit ridiculous, isn’t it? Like, we’re here talking about something that was dealt with eight and a half years ago.
“Now I’m walking my daughter, one-year-old daughter in a nappy out the front, and I’ve got cameras chasing me and my family!”