'Sandpapergate': Starc denies Khawaja claims as Cricket Australia says investigation won't reopen

Australia fast bowler Mitchell Starc has denied any prior knowledge of the 2018 ball-tampering scheme in South Africa, known as 'Sandpapergate', after former team-mate Usman Khawaja claimed in his book 'Sabr' that the entire dressing room was aware of it. David Warner backed Khawaja's account, while Cricket Australia has said only Steve Smith, Cameron Bancroft and Warner were involved in the plot, and that the investigation will not be reopened. The clip brings the eight-year-old scandal back into focus, with the sanctions against Smith and Bancroft mentioned as part of the original fallout.

• Mitchell Starc denies knowledge of the 2018 ball-tampering plot
• Usman Khawaja claims the whole dressing room knew, in his book 'Sabr'
• David Warner says Khawaja's version is 100 per cent accurate
• Cricket Australia says the investigation will not reopen

► Subscribe to Sky Sports News: http://bit.ly/SkySportsNewsSub ► Watch Sky Sports with NOW: https://bit.ly/NOWPICKYT ► Watch Big Weekends with NOW: https://bit.ly/YTBigWeekend Australia fast bowler Mitchell Starc has denied any prior knowledge of 'Sandpapergate' after former team-mate Usman Khawaja's explosive claims that the entire dressing room knew about the ball-tampering scheme in South Africa in 2018. Khawaja made the revelations in his new book 'Sabr', bringing the scandal back onto the agenda after eight years. David Warner - who said on Monday that Khawaja's version of events was "100 per cent accurate" - then captain Steve Smith and Cameron Bancroft were banned after the sandpaper affair, with Cricket Australia asserting only that trio were privy to the plot to alter the condition of the ball in order to try and make it swing. #SkySportsNews #SkySports #football ► For the latest developments on this story: https://qrcode.skysports.com/skysports/topstories ► For the latest transfer news: https://qrcode.skysports.com/skysports/TransferCentre More from Sky Sports on YouTube: ► Sky Sports: http://bit.ly/SkySportsSub ► Sky Sports Boxing: http://bit.ly/SSBoxingSub ► Sky Sports Cricket: http://bit.ly/SubscribeSkyCricket ► Sky Sports Darts: https://bit.ly/SubSkySportsDarts ► Sky Sports Football: http://bit.ly/SSFootballSub ► Sky Sports F1: http://bit.ly/SubscribeSkyF1 ► Sky Sports Golf: https://bit.ly/SubscribeSkySportsGolf ► Sky Sports Premier League: https://bit.ly/SubscribeSkySportsPL ► Sky Sports Retro: http://bit.ly/SkySportsRetroSub ► Sky Sports WSL: https://bit.ly/SubscribeSkySportsWSL ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@skysportsnews ► X: https://x.com/SkySportsNews ► Website: https://www.skysports.com ► To enquire about licensing Sky Sports content, you can find out more here: https://www.skysports.com/more-sports/news/31754/11434270/license-sky-sports-footage