David Warner has said Cricket Australia's investigation into the ball-tampering scandal involving the national team was poorly handled and appeared to be aimed at a predetermined outcome. He described the process as having the stench of a cover-up, and said the probe had been flawed from the start.

Warner has claimed that Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon were not interviewed as part of the inquiry. Warner was banned for a year over the 2018 incident, which involved tampering with the ball during a Test match.S1S2