SYDNEY (The Thursday Times) — Australia ke sabiq naib kaptaan David Warner ne kaha hai ke ball tampering scandal par Cricket Australia ki 2018 ki tehqiqat se “parda poshi ki boo aati hai.” Un ka daawa hai ke jahan tak unhein ilm hai, team ke teen bowlers se kabhi poochh gachh hi nahin ki gayi.
Warner ne Hafte ko Instagram par likha: “Jahan tak mujhe ilm hai, Cricket Australia ne apni 2018 ki tehqiqat mein Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc ya Nathan Lyon se interview nahin kiya. Agar yeh durust hai to Cricket Australia yeh tasawwur kaise de sakta hai ke bowlers ko ilm nahin tha?”
Unhon ne likha: “Aisa lagta hai ke unhon ne shuru se hi tay kar liya tha ke kise qusoorwar thehrana hai, is maqsad ke liye naqis tehqiqat ki, aur ab woh yeh jhoota bayania barqarar rakhna chahte hain ke bowlers ko kuchh ilm nahin tha. Is se parda poshi ki boo aati hai.”
Cricket Australia apni inquiry par qaim hai. Ek tarjuman ne kaha: “Jaisa ke hum pehle bhi keh chuke hain, ibtidai tehqiqat ke waqt tamam khiladiyon ko baat karne ka mauqa diya gaya tha aur guzishta aath barson mein woh naye shawahid samne la sakte the.” Board ne mazeed kaha ke us ne har khiladi ke apna mauqif bayan karne ke haq ka ehtiram kiya hai, aur woh keh chuka hai ke tehqiqat dobara nahin kholi jayegi.
Yeh tanaza Usman Khawaja ne dobara chhera, jinhon ne apni khudnavisht Sabr mein likha hai ke March 2018 mein Cape Town ke Newlands mein South Africa ke khilaf teesre Test ke dauran poori team ko ilm tha ke gend par sandpaper istemal ho raha hai. Khawaja ka kehna hai ke un se bhi poochh gachh nahin ki gayi, halankeh woh dressing room mein Cameron Bancroft ke saath baithe the, jo maidan mein sandpaper ke saath pakre gaye the. Woh naam batane se inkar kar chuke hain.
Is Test ke charon markazi bowlers, Hazlewood, Starc, Lyon, aur Pat Cummins, hamesha kehte rahe hain ke unhein is mansoobe ka ilm nahin tha. 2021 se Australia ke Test kaptaan Cummins ne Jumme ko Sydney mein ek news conference mein kaha ke 2018 mein un se interview kiya gaya tha, aur Khawaja ke daawon ko “mukammal aur sarasar bakwas” qarar diya.
Warner ne chand ghanton mein hi jawab diya. Perth mein England ke khilaf Australia ke pehle one-day international se qabl television par guftagu mein unhon ne kaha ke woh “Uzzy aur un ki kitab mein likhi baton ke saath khare hain,” aur mazeed kaha: “Mujhe waqai lagta hai ke aaj kaptaan ne Uzzy ko qurbani ka bakra bana diya.” Unhon ne kaha: “Mujhe laga ke yeh ek naqis tehqiqat thi. Ise jaldi jaldi nimta diya gaya.”
Warner, Steve Smith, aur Bancroft woh wahid khiladi the jinhein 2018 ki inquiry ke baad saza di gayi, jis mein yeh nateeja nikala gaya tha ke teenon ko mansoobe ka pehle se ilm tha. Smith aur Warner par ek ek saal aur Bancroft par nau mahine ki pabandi lagi. Warner ne Jumme ko kaha: “Hum teenon ne is ki bari qeemat chukai hai. Hamein rozana in nataij ke saath jeena parta hai aur hamein umar bhar ki saza di gayi hai.”
Is tanaze mein Australia se bahar ki awazein bhi shamil ho gayi hain. Hafte ko Pakistan ke azeem bowler Wasim Akram ne Cummins ki tardeed par sawal uthaya aur kaha ke koi bhi tajurbakar bowler fauran jaan leta ke gend par sandpaper istemal hua hai.
