Joe Root refuses to wade into Australia’s ‘sandpapergate’ ball tampering row
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Cricket Australia: 8 developments since Sat 7 Nov.
1File photo: Joe Root
England's Joe Root says he does not believe ball-tampering was rampant across the international game at the time of Australia's 'Sandpapergate' scandal as he chose not to pile in on his Ashes rivals following Usman Khawaja's explosive claims.
The Independent didn’t include a summary, so this is Sky Sports’s, from its report on the same story.3
The bigger story: Cricket Australia
8 developments since Sat 7 Nov.
- Mitchell Johnson: Usman Khawaja revelations don’t look good for the bowlers after they denied any knowledge
1 newsroom. Linked by Usman Khawaja, bowler
- Khawaja addresses backlash from explosive claims
2 newsrooms. Linked by Usman Khawaja, explosive
- Cricket Australia’s culture reviewer breaks silence on sandpapergate
11 newsrooms. Linked by Mitchell, denies, knowledge
- Star Australian bowler Mitchell Starc maintains bowlers knew nothing about Sandpapergate
1 newsroom. Linked by Mitchell, bowler
- Cricket Australia will not reopen 2018 case
1 newsroom. Linked by Cricket Australia, reopen, 2018
- Cricket Australia wants to move on from ball tampering saga but its equivocation has the opposite effect | Jonathan Horn
1 newsroom. Linked by Cricket Australia, ball, tampering, saga
Joe Root refuses to wade into Australia’s ‘sandpapergate’ ball tampering row
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Where it’s heading
Probably peakedStories in this position rarely added another newsroom from here.
Likely 2 to 3 newsrooms by 1:08am AEDT (2 most likely), and 2 to 3 by Thu, 12 Nov, 7:08pm AEDT. 2 now.
| When | Likely range | Most likely |
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| Now | 2 | 2 |
| In 1 hours (8:08pm AEDT) | 2 to 2 | 2 |
| In 3 hours (10:08pm AEDT) | 2 to 2 | 2 |
| In 6 hours (1:08am AEDT) | 2 to 3 | 2 |
| In 12 hours (7:08am AEDT) | 2 to 3 | 2 |
| In 24 hours (7:08pm AEDT) | 2 to 3 | 2 |
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