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Cricket Australia needed to do a more thorough investigation into Sandpaper Gate, Says Adam Gilchrist
Former Australia wicketkeeper-batsman Adam Gilchrist has said Cricket Australia needed to do a more thorough investigation into Sandpaper Gate when it happened and it is due to this reason that the issue will keep on lingering forever. In March 2018, Cameron Bancroft was caught on camera trying to change the condition of the ball using sandpaper in a Test match against South Africa in Cape Town. The incident was later labeled as ‘Sandpapergate’ and is considered as one of the darkest moments in the history of Australian cricket.
“It will linger forever, whether it is someone's book or an ad hoc interview,” Gilchrist said on SEN's Gilly and Goss podcast, as reported by Fox Sports.
"Eventually I think names will be named. I think some people have it stored away and are ready to pull the trigger when the time is right.
“I think Cricket Australia is responsible for why this will be continually asked. When they did their investigation at the time they had Patty Howard the high-performance general manager, Iain Roy was the integrity officer. They went there and did this very quick review of that isolated incident and perhaps no one in the team knew. Perhaps Cam (Bancroft) did grab the sandpaper on his own accord and walked out there and did not tell anyone. There was an opportunity for CA if they were going to make such a strong statement they needed to do a more thorough investigation to work out where the root of the problem was.”
