Australia captain Pat Cummins has made his first public appearance since former teammate Usman Khawaja reignited the debate surrounding the infamous 2018 ball-tampering scandal. Cummins was spotted having an animated conversation with his wife, Becky, on a street in Sydney, as fresh allegations from Khawaja’s autobiography, Sabr, continue to attract attention in Australian cricket.

According to a video published by The Australian on Wednesday, Cummins and Becky were seen discussing something before entering a nearby property. Dressed casually in a T-shirt and shorts, the Australian skipper appeared relatively quiet during the conversation. He is currently taking a break from Australia’s white-ball series against England ahead of the upcoming four-Test series against New Zealand.

Cummins had previously maintained that the ball-tampering controversy had been thoroughly investigated in 2018 and that the Australian team had moved forward from the incident.

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“It’s obviously a long time ago. All the investigations, everything was done back then. Answered every question a million times,” Pat Cummins had said. “It was dealt with then, all I can say is as a group we’ve moved on. Very happy with the last eight or nine years, how we’ve been as a group and evolved. He didn’t go into too much detail… As always it was ‘no worries, you can tell your story, that’s fine’,” he added.

However, Khawaja’s autobiography has brought renewed attention to Australia’s controversial tour of South Africa in 2018. During the Cape Town Test, Cameron Bancroft was caught on camera using sandpaper to tamper with the cricket ball. Cricket Australia subsequently handed suspensions to Bancroft, David Warner and Steve Smith, with Warner and Smith also losing their leadership positions.

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>Former Australian cricketer Usman Khawaja has reignited the 2018 Sandpaper-gate controversy in his new autobiography Sabr.

>Khawaja alleged that the entire Australian dressing room knew about the ball-tampering plan during the 2018 South Africa tour.

>Pat Cummins is facing renewed questions about what he knew at the time.

>Shortly afterwards, footage emerged of Cummins and Becky having an animated conversation outside their Sydney home https://t.co/0J63UxExp5

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In his book, Khawaja has alleged that several members of the Australian dressing room and coaching staff were aware of the plan. He also claimed that the practice had started during the previous Test in Port Elizabeth and questioned why investigators never interviewed him despite his presence in the touring squad.

David Warner has supported Khawaja’s version of events, describing his allegations as accurate. However, Mitchell Starc has maintained that the bowling group was unaware of sandpaper being taken onto the field.

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With the controversy gaining momentum, Cummins has scheduled a press conference at Cricket Central in Sydney on Friday morning. The Australian captain has indicated that he wants to understand Khawaja’s allegations fully before addressing the matter publicly. His upcoming interaction with the media is expected to attract considerable attention.