# '100 per cent wrong, utter nonsense': Pat Cummins hits out at Usman Khawaja over Sandpapergate allegations in no-holds-barred press conference > HelixNews · Web page: https://helixnews.one/story/2595665 · All pages for agents: https://helixnews.one/llms.txt 5 outlets covering · First listed: Yahoo Sports, Nov 12, 2026, 5:32 PM · Read it: Pat Cummins finally responded to Usman Khawaja's allegations regarding Sandpapergate from eight years ago. ## Who's covering it In the order they published: - Nov 12, 2026, 4:47 PM: [Cummins: Khawaja's allegations 'complete and utter nonsense']() — ESPNcricinfo (Sports) Australia captain says Khawaja's suggestion that the entire 2018 Cape Town XI knew that sandpaper was being used on the field is '100% wrong' - Nov 12, 2026, 4:58 PM: [‘Khawaja is 100 per cent wrong’: Pat Cummins responds to sandpaper revelations]() — Sydney Morning Herald (Newspaper, Australia) Cummins has addressed the scandal over sandpaper being used during test cricket matches in 2018, saying claims the whole team knew are “100 per cent wrong”. - Nov 12, 2026, 5:31 PM: [Australia Test captain Pat Cummins calls Khawaja's sandpapergate claims ‘complete and utter nonsense’]() — Guardian (Newspaper, United Kingdom, rated Lean left) Cummins insists he did not know of ball tampering plot in South Africa‘No masterplan around using illegal methods,’ Cummins saysPat Cummins has flatly denied Usman Khawaja’s claims that the entire team was implicated in the 2018 sandpaper scandal as “complete and utter nonsense” and “100% wrong” in a defiant appearance at a press conference a week after the allegations came to light.Appearing before dozens of reporters and cameras at Cricket NSW’s headquarters in Sydney, Cummins refuted the allegations aired in his former teammate’s book, Sabr, and said he had no knowledge of the ball… - Nov 12, 2026, 5:32 PM: ['100 per cent wrong, utter nonsense': Pat Cummins hits out at Usman Khawaja over Sandpapergate allegations in no-holds-barred press conference]() — Yahoo Sports (Sports, United States) Pat Cummins finally responded to Usman Khawaja's allegations regarding Sandpapergate from eight years ago. - Nov 12, 2026, 5:47 PM: ['Wrong' and 'nonsense' - Cummins on Khawaja sandpaper claims]() — BBC Sport (Public broadcaster, United Kingdom) Australia captain Pat Cummins hits back at former team-mate Usman Khawaja’s claims over the sandpaper scandal, calling them “100% wrong” and “utter nonsense”.