# Australia captain Pat Cummins denies involvement in ‘Sandpapergate’ scandal > HelixNews · Web page: https://helixnews.one/story/2910899 · All pages for agents: https://helixnews.one/llms.txt 3 outlets covering · First listed: Al Jazeera, Nov 13, 2026, 12:13 AM · Read it: Cummins says Khawaja was '100 percent wrong' in claiming the whole team knew about the 2018 ball-tampering scandal. ## Who's covering it In the order they published: - 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 says‘Abrasive’, ‘arrogant’ and ‘ugly’: standout moments from the press conferencePat Cummins flatly denied Usman Khawaja’s claims that the entire Australian cricket team was implicated in the 2018 sandpaper scandal, saying at a press conference in Sydney the allegations were “complete and utter nonsense”and “100% wrong”.The Test captain’s defiant appearance on Friday morning prompted David Warner to later accuse Cummins of throwing Khawaja under the bus as the feud… - Nov 12, 2026, 9:35 PM: ['Captain threw Uzzie under the bus': David Warner slams Pat Cummins as he reiterates support for Usman Khawaja in Sandpapergate]() — Yahoo Sports (Sports, United States) 'Captain threw Uzzie under the bus': David Warner slams Pat Cummins for dismissing Usman Khawaja's Sandpapergate book claims, insisting the memoir is the truth. - Nov 13, 2026, 12:13 AM: [Australia captain Pat Cummins denies involvement in ‘Sandpapergate’ scandal]() — Al Jazeera (TV network, Qatar, rated Lean left) Cummins says Khawaja was '100 percent wrong' in claiming the whole team knew about the 2018 ball-tampering scandal.