Squiz Shortcuts: What’s sandpapergate about?
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The ghosts of 2018 have reared their ugly heads in Australian cricket this week, after former batter Usman Khawaja alleged that the entire Australian team knew that certain players were using sandpaper to cheat. It’s a scandal that left a stain on Australian cricket, a stain that it’s never been quite able to clean off. So in this Squiz Shortcut, we’ll get you across what happened, why it was such a big deal, and why it’s back in the news.
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Watching: This episode of the ABC’s 7.30 looks at what the Aussie cricket team knew at the time of the cheating scandal and whether there was a cover up.
Reading: And this piece gets into some of the reaction to what happened.
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