Sandpapergate | Bowlers have ‘cleared the air’ with Bancroft, says Paine

The 2018 scandal was once again in the spotlight after Bancroft recently stated that whether the Australian bowlers knew of the plan to use a sandpaper on the ball during the Cape Town Test against South Africa, was “self-explanatory”

Cameron Bancroft has “cleared the air” with the Australian bowlers after creating a flutter by hinting that all of them were aware of the 2018 ball-tampering plot in South Africa, Australia Test skipper Tim Paine said on Wednesday, “looking forward to moving on”. The 2018 scandal was once again in the spotlight after Bancroft recently stated that whether the Australian bowlers knew of the plan to use a sandpaper on the ball during the Cape Town Test against South Africa, was “self-explanatory.” “I think they’re frustrated that it keeps popping up but I think that’s part and parcel for everyone who played in that Test match,” the Test skipper was quoted as saying by Sydney Morning Herald.