Did Everyone Know About Sandpapergate?

Sandpapergate and the BBL privatisation fight: cricket's big week. Matthew Hayden says Usman Khawaja's book chapter on the 2018 ball-tampering scandal is "going to leave cricket reeling", and Paul Marsh, head of the Australian Cricketers' Association, says the players do not believe Cricket Australia can push ahead and sell the Renegades.

Peter Lalor, who was there in 2018, goes through whether the "three blokes" explanation holds up, the culture of ball tampering in world cricket, and why the ICC and Cricket Australia sanctions were so different. Blewie explains what he saw as Australia's fielding coach. Then Paul Marsh on the rushed 2018 investigation, whether it should be reopened, and why he says the BBL sale is "heading to a collision point." Plus Marnus Labuschagne ruled out of the New Zealand series.

CHAPTERS
0:00 Hayden on Usman Khawaja's Sandpapergate claims
0:33 Welcome: Hayden's storm and the Starlink dish
2:53 Peter Lalor joins: what Khawaja's book says
5:30 Is the timing bad for Australian cricket?
7:16 Does the 2018 story pass the pub test?
8:32 Blewie: how could everyone have known?
9:19 Peter Lalor: ball tampering culture and the arms race
11:24 Hayden: why bowlers don't touch the ball
13:20 What "we all knew" really means
14:07 The bowlers' statement and the quarter seam
16:53 How they were caught in Cape Town
18:36 ICC vs Cricket Australia sanctions
19:42 Peter Lalor: damage to the brand
22:56 Ball tampering in 2005
24:08 Why players are so divided
25:11 Blewie: what he saw as fielding coach
27:19 Hayden: "disappointment" in the Khawaja story
30:02 The human cost of 2018 and the press conference
33:17 Marnus ruled out of the New Zealand series
37:38 Hayden: how he lost his off stump
40:40 Paul Marsh joins
41:48 Paul Marsh: the 2018 investigation
43:16 Should it be reopened?
44:17 What would Rod Marsh say?
45:34 Supporting the players
46:48 BBL privatisation: where the ACA stands
48:17 Paul Marsh: what's wrong with the deal?
49:35 The "sugar hit" worry
51:34 Why a game is being played in Chennai
52:33 Will franchise owners own the players?
54:17 Does Cricket Australia have to act?
55:30 Do players still want to play Tests?
56:47 Paul Marsh's fix: international windows

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