Cummins stands firm on ball tampering to leave Australian cricket back where it started | Geoff Lemon

Australian Test cricket captain Pat Cummins held an extensive press conference lasting one hour and ten minutes, addressing questions about the 2018 ball-tampering scandal. Cummins firmly rejected teammate Usman Khawaja's characterisation of endemic cheating within the team, maintaining that such behaviour did not reflect his own experience. The two players have emphasised the importance of their friendship despite their differing accounts of events.