Claims extracted
17
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
12%
2 of 17 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
61/100
The Sydney Morning Herald's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
17
Sports
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Australia’s Test cricket captain Pat Cummins says Usman Khawaja is “100 per cent wrong” to say bowlers knew sandpaper was being used to rough up the ball during matches on the tour of South Africa in 2018.
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sandpaper → say → 2018
Former Test batsman Khawaja this week alleged “all of us” knew sandpaper was being used to rough up the ball during the 2018 tour, despite several players, notably the bowlers, having denied this in one of the biggest scandals in Australian cricketing history.
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players → allege → history
Cummins said on Friday he’s taken his time “trying to understand exactly what” Khawaja has alleged, saying some of his claims are “probably true”
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some → say → claims
“But I think there’s a few big leaps here, where he’s being vague …
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he → think → ?
the details really matter,” he said.
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he → matter → ?
“When he says we all knew, if by that he means that we knew sandpaper was going out in the field, he’s 100 per cent wrong.
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he → say → field
“I did not know that was happening.”
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that → know → ?
“[Khawaja] says that I and others were architects of a scheme to ball tamper with sandpaper.
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I → say → sandpaper
That’s complete and utter nonsense.”
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That → ’ → ?
Cummins said he supported Khawaja’s “right to tell a story” and described Khawaja as a friend.
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he → say → friend
When Cameron Bancroft was captured on camera putting a piece of sandpaper in his pants during the 2018 Test in Cape Town, Cummins was 24, playing his 13th Test “in a team that at that stage I think had a win at all cost mentality, had an ugly underbelly, and there was too many silos within the team,” Cummins said.
“Traits that I hope that everyone’s seen, and I tried very hard to eradicate for the last six years as captain.”
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I → capture → captain
Following Khawaja’s claims, a key figure involved in a player review after the scandal subsequently called on Cricket Australia to reopen an investigation into the use of sandpaper in 2018.
uncertain
figure → follow → 2018
David Warner, vice-captain at the time and one of three players suspended over the incident, described Khawaja’s version of events as 100 per cent accurate.
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Warner → suspend → events
Interest in the scandal’s resurgence this week has only grown as the days went on.
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days → grow → resurgence
The media turnout for Cummins on Friday was on par with press conferences held in the immediate wake of the scandal by then-captain Steve Smith and Warner.
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turnout → hold → Smith
Khawaja pulled out of interviews earlier this week after a bruising appearance on the ABC’s 7.30 on Tuesday night, when he refused to answer numerous questions, including what knowledge the now-captain Cummins had about sandpaper being used.
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Cummins → pull → sandpaper
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News → send → sport
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