# Sandpapergate: Pat Cummins dismisses Usman Khawaja's claims as '100 per cent wrong' and 'nonsense'

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7 outlets covering · First listed: The Athletic, Nov 12, 2026, 7:33 PM · Read it: <https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7776744/2026/11/12/cricket-cummins-khawaja-sandpapergate-australia/>

An emotional Cummins spoke for 68 minutes at a press conference in Sydney and categorically denied claims made in Khawaja's autobiography

## Who's covering it

In the order they published:

- Nov 12, 2026, 4:47 PM: [Cummins: Khawaja's allegations 'complete and utter nonsense'](<https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1562419.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS>) — 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, 5:31 PM: [Australia Test captain Pat Cummins calls Khawaja's sandpapergate claims ‘complete and utter nonsense’](<https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/nov/13/pat-cummins-press-conference-sandpapergate-usman-khawaja-ball-tampering-australia-cricket-captain-statement-ntwnfb>) — 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 press conference – live reactionPat Cummins has flatly denied Usman Khawaja’s claims that the entire Australian cricket 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 New South Wales’ headquarters in Sydney and fielding questions for more than an hour,…
- Nov 12, 2026, 5:47 PM: ['Wrong' and 'nonsense' - Cummins on Khawaja sandpaper claims](<https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/cwq6e4y9525mo>) — 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”.
- Nov 12, 2026, 5:47 PM: ['Wrong' and 'nonsense' - Cummins on Khawaja claims](<https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/wrong-nonsense-cummins-khawaja-claims-234728252.html>) — Yahoo Sports (Sports, United States)
  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”.
- Nov 12, 2026, 5:50 PM: [Cummins dismisses Khawaja's sandpaper claims as 'utter nonsense'](<https://www.skysports.com/cricket/news/12040/13611646/sandpapergate-australia-test-captain-pat-cummins-dismisses-usman-khawajas-claims-over-ball-tampering-scandal-as-utter-nonsense>) — Sky Sports (Sports, United Kingdom)
  Australia Test captain Pat Cummins dismissed his former team-mate Usman Khawaja's claims as "utter nonsense" after the recently retired batter said in his autobiography that the whole side were aware of ball-tampering that took place on their 2018 tour of South Africa.
- Nov 12, 2026, 6:21 PM: [Pat Cummins hits out at Usman Khawaja’s Sandpapergate claims](<https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/pat-cummins-hits-out-at-usman-khawaja-s-sandpapergate-claims-20261113-p61dy6.html>) — Sydney Morning Herald (Newspaper, Australia)
  The Australian cricket captain says Khawaja is 100% wrong, and his ‘spat’ with his wife was over Khawaja.
- Nov 12, 2026, 7:33 PM: [Sandpapergate: Pat Cummins dismisses Usman Khawaja's claims as '100 per cent wrong' and 'nonsense'](<https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7776744/2026/11/12/cricket-cummins-khawaja-sandpapergate-australia/>) — The Athletic (Sports, United States)
  An emotional Cummins spoke for 68 minutes at a press conference in Sydney and categorically denied claims made in Khawaja's autobiography