# Warner claims sandpapergate investigation 'stinks of a cover-up'

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5 outlets covering · First listed: Sky Sports, Nov 14, 2026, 1:54 AM · Read it: <https://www.skysports.com/cricket/news/12040/13612120/sandpapergate-david-warner-claims-cricket-australias-investigation-into-2018-scandal-stinks-of-a-cover-up>

David Warner has claimed Cricket Australia’s investigation into the 2018 ball tampering scandal “stinks of a cover-up”.

## Who's covering it

In the order they published:

- Nov 13, 2026, 8:55 PM: [Twist in David Warner’s bombshell Sandpapergate claims involving ex-teammates](<https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/warner-makes-bombshell-sandpapergate-claim-involving-hazlewood-starc-and-lyon-20261114-p61e5d.html>) — Sydney Morning Herald (Newspaper, Australia)
  David Warner has accused Cricket Australia of a cover-up of the Sandpapergate scandal.
- Nov 13, 2026, 10:17 PM: [‘Stinks of a cover-up’: David Warner fans flames with new sandpapergate claim](<https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/nov/14/david-warner-statement-sandpapergate-ball-tampering-australia-cricket-ntwnfb>) — Guardian (Newspaper, United Kingdom, rated Lean left)
  Former batter said Hazlewood, Lyon and Starc not interviewed in 2018Ex vice-captain claimed Cricket Australia ran ‘shoddy investigation’David Warner has further fanned the flames on Australian cricket’s civil war as he claimed three of the bowlers who played in the third Test against South Africa in 2018 were not interviewed as part of a “shoddy” investigation into the sandpaper scandal.The former Australia vice-captain said the ball tampering investigation “stinks of a cover-up”, as he claimed on social media that the trio weren’t interviewed by Cricket Australia in the wake of Cameron…
- Nov 13, 2026, 10:29 PM: [Warner claims 2018 ball-tampering investigation 'stinks of a cover-up'](<https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1562571.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS>) — ESPNcricinfo (Sports)
  Warner has claimed that Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon were not interviewed
- Nov 13, 2026, 11:43 PM: ['Far more than 3 people involved' - Old quotes from David Warner's manager resurface amid CA row over Sandpapergate investigation](<https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/far-more-3-people-involved-054319754.html>) — Yahoo Sports (Sports, United States)
  David Warner's manager James Erskine's 2022 claims accusing Cricket Australia executives of approving ball-tampering resurface.
- Nov 14, 2026, 1:54 AM: [Warner claims sandpapergate investigation 'stinks of a cover-up'](<https://www.skysports.com/cricket/news/12040/13612120/sandpapergate-david-warner-claims-cricket-australias-investigation-into-2018-scandal-stinks-of-a-cover-up>) — Sky Sports (Sports, United Kingdom)
  David Warner has claimed Cricket Australia’s investigation into the 2018 ball tampering scandal “stinks of a cover-up”.
