MELBOURNE (The Thursday Times) — Australia ke sabiq fast bowler Chadd Sayers ne Itwaar ko kaha ke 2018 ke Cape Town ball-tampering scandal se pehle wale Test ke dauran unhein sandpaper maidan se hatane ke liye diya gaya tha, aur un ka manna hai ke us Australian team ka “har shakhs” jaanta tha ke kya istemal ho raha hai.
Un ke bayanat Usman Khawaja ki khudnawisht mein bayan kardah mauqif ki taeed karte hain aur Australia ke captain Pat Cummins ke mauqif ke khilaf hain, jinhon ne Jumme ko Khawaja ke daawon ko “100 feesad ghalat” qarar diya tha. Yeh tanaza David Warner aur Cricket Australia ko pehle hi lapet mein le chuka hai (dekhiye Cummins ke jawab aur Warner ke “parda poshi” ke ilzam ki pichhli coverage).
Sayers ne kya kaha
39 saala Sayers 2018 ki Janubi Africa ke khilaf series ke doosre Test mein, jo Gqeberha (sabiqa Port Elizabeth) mein khela gaya, 12th man thay, aur unhon ne kaha ke Khawaja ka yeh daawa durust hai ke wahan bhi sandpaper istemal hua tha. Unhon ne radio interview mein kaha, “Mujhe yeh hatane ke liye diya gaya tha. Yeh pehle se tay shuda nahin tha. Yeh chai ke baad wicket ya drinks break ka waqt tha.”
Unhon ne kaha ke sandpaper do Tests mein istemal hua aur dressing room mein is par baat hui. Sayers ne kaha, “Main poore itminan se keh sakta hoon ke mera manna hai us team mein har shakhs jaanta tha ke kya ho raha hai aur kya istemal ho raha hai.” Unhon ne mazeed kaha ke woh kisi ka saath nahin de rahe aur sirf apni yaad dasht bayan kar rahe hain.
Sayers ne yeh bhi kaha ke Cape Town mein Cameron Bancroft ke sandpaper ke saath pakre jaane ke baad khilari “taqreeban 60 se 90 minute” tak changing room mein baithe rahe aur is par baat karte rahe ke kya hua aur aage kya karna hai. Cummins keh chuke hain ke unhein ijtimai zimmedari par aisi kisi meeting ka kuch yaad nahin.
Bowler ne kaha ke Jumme ki Cummins ki press conference “kuch ajeeb si” lagi aur unhein captain ka Khawaja ke saath “zaati” ho jaana achha nahin laga. Unhon ne ise “sukoon ki baat” qarar diya ke mamla ab khul kar saamne aa gaya hai, lekin shak zahir kiya ke yeh kabhi hal hoga “jab tak sab is par muttafiq na hon ke kya hua tha”.
Cricket Australia aur Warner
Cricket Australia ne Itwaar ko baad mein rad-e-amal diya. Aik tarjuman ne kaha, “Hum 2018 mein Janubi Africa mein maujood afraad ke is haq ka ehteram karte hain ke woh us daure par jo kuch un ke khayal mein hua us ka apna bayan dein. Zahir hone wale khayalat mein numayan ikhtilafat is baat ka saboot hain ke mutaliqa thos shawahid ke baghair kisi muttafiqa bayan tak pohanchna bohat hi ghair mumkin hai.” Chief executive Todd Greenberg keh chuke hain ke governing body apni tehqiqat dobara nahin kholegi.
Waqiye par saza pane wale teen khilariyon mein se aik Warner ne, jin mein Steve Smith aur Bancroft bhi shamil thay, Haftay ko Cricket Australia par parda poshi ka ilzam lagaya aur kaha ke Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc, aur Nathan Lyon se shayad poochh gachh hi nahin hui. Is ke baad reports mein kaha gaya ke bowlers se poochh gachh hui thi. Itwaar ko Warner ne Instagram par likha ke unhein kabhi nahin bataya gaya ke bowlers se poochh gachh hui ya un ke bayanat farahem nahin kiye gaye, aur sawal kiya ke 2018 mein khilariyon ko tamam shawahid kyun nahin diye gaye.
Cummins, Hazlewood, Starc, aur Lyon hamesha yehi kehte aaye hain ke unhein mansoobe ka ilm nahin tha.
