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Former Australia captain Michael Clarke has called for the 2018 ball-tampering investigation to be reopened, saying fans "can't trust what's real" after Usman Khawaja's autobiography Sabr claimed the whole team knew about the sandpaper. Khawaja wrote that he was speaking as part of "we" and that the team must take collective accountability, while not naming individuals. Clarke said fans have not moved on, that the truth had not emerged in 2018 or after Cameron Bancroft's 2021 comments, and that he wanted the process restaged. He also asked whether everyone knew and said Pat Cummins should speak on the allegations. Cricket Australia CEO Todd Greenberg said he had not yet read the book but had "huge respect" for Khawaja's account, and that he did not see "any compelling reason" to reopen the investigation. David Warner backed Khawaja's recollections as "100% accurate", while Mitchell Starc said the bowlers' position that they did not know had not changed. Khawaja also alleged sandpaper was used at Port Elizabeth, which Clarke said needed investigating and Starc said he first heard of then.

Sources:BBC Sport

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