{"id":772,"date":"2026-11-09T07:42:40","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T07:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cricketkidunyya.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/09\/100-per-cent-accurate-david-warner-backs-usman-khawaja-on-sandpaper-claims\/"},"modified":"2026-11-09T07:42:40","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T07:42:40","slug":"100-per-cent-accurate-david-warner-backs-usman-khawaja-on-sandpaper-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cricketkidunyya.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/09\/100-per-cent-accurate-david-warner-backs-usman-khawaja-on-sandpaper-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201c100 per cent accurate\u201d \u2013 David Warner backs Usman Khawaja on sandpaper claims"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last Updated on 26 minutes ago by Charbel Coorey<\/a><\/p>\n

David Warner has released a statement saying Usman Khawaja\u2019s claims on the sandpaper scandal of 2018 are \u201c100 per cent accurate\u201d. In an Instagram post, Warner said some wounds haven\u2019t fully healed and praised Khawaja for speaking out.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome things are bigger than cricket,\u201d Warner wrote on Instagram.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis isn\u2019t about reopening old wounds. It\u2019s about acknowledging that some wounds never properly healed. I stand with my brother Usman Khawaja.<\/p>\n

\u201cSpeaking your truth takes courage, especially when people would rather you stay silent. Time passing doesn\u2019t replace accountability, and asking questions shouldn\u2019t be mistaken for holding grudges.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cRespect, honesty and accountability. That\u2019s all anyone can ask for.\u201d<\/p>\n

David Warner thanks Usman Khawaja for speaking out about the sandpaper ball-tampering scandal of 2018<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Khawaja spoke of how Warner has been treated since sandpapergate. The then vice-captain was banned for 12 months along with Steve Smith (12 months) and Cameron Bancroft (nine months).<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was all of us. Not the batters, not the bowlers, not the staff. All of us,\u201d Khawaja said<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve seen Davey [Warner] over the last eight years just get nailed bad over and over again, and it\u2019s taken a big man not to say anything and just to stay quiet. And he\u2019s just copped it and he\u2019s copped it and he\u2019s copped it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not doing this for any other reason than I think it\u2019s the right thing to do. I\u2019ve always felt like there\u2019s more to life than just cricket, and these guys, in some respect, deserve that justice.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd it just doesn\u2019t feel like anyone\u2019s going to give it to them. None of those three want to be the first to say anything. And rightly so, it will just be hearsay and \u2018their word\u2019 if they do. They needed someone else to say something.\u201d<\/p>\n

Warner also posted a video<\/a> on Instagram thanking Khawaja, and says his comments are accurate. The former Australia opener believes \u201ceveryone knows the truth\u201d and reveals what he has told his family.<\/p>\n

\u201cUzi, I throw my full support behind you. I thank you for what you\u2019ve done. It\u2019s 100 per cent accurate what you\u2019ve said,\u201d<\/strong> Warner said.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone knows the truth. It\u2019s out there. People wanted to know it. You\u2019ve come out and said it, and now people are saying why. Eight years on, talking about selling a book.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow, there was a lot of statements and inaccuracies over the last eight years. They were out in the media by people, and there was a lot of people who stayed silent.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe last couple of days, I\u2019ve had to be, I\u2019ve had been talking to my daughters, and that\u2019s why it\u2019s taken me a couple of days to get this out because I\u2019ve had to tell them exactly what had happened, especially my 12-year-old Ivy, wanting to know why we\u2019re holding her, why there were so many cameras, why we were crying on TV.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was a hard thing to do, but one thing I did say is, girls, tell the truth, because lies will eventually get out.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Warner also pinpointed how Khawaja was not interviewed as part of Cricket Australia\u2019s (CA) investigation. Khawaja said he sat next to Bancroft in the Newlands changeroom and yet was not approached by CA.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow, this whole interview process was rushed and botched. Uzzi was sitting next to Cameron Bancroft. Uzzi was not interviewed. How is that a thorough investigation? It baffles me.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re not here to point fingers, and we\u2019re not opening old wounds. It\u2019s about accountability, transparency, ensuring that the truth is properly examined.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd perhaps it\u2019s time people stop scrutinsing the person, asking for accountability, and start asking those responsible for the investigation to provide it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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