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More than just three involved in 'Sandpaper-gate', says Warner's manager

MELBOURNE : There were more people involved in the Newlands ball-tampering scandal than just David Warner, Steve Smith and Cameron Bancroft, Warner's manager said on Thursday.

James Erskine told Australian radio that opener Warner had "protected" his team mates on his advice after 'Sandpaper-gate' erupted in South Africa in March 2018.

Warner was adjudged to have played the leading role in the scandal and was banned from elite cricket for a year and from leadership positions for life.

Smith was also banned for a year and from leadership positions for three years, while former test batsman Bancroft was given a one-year ban from leadership positions on top of a nine-month playing suspension.

Erskine told SEN radio there was more to the story.

"The truth will come out," he said.

"There's lots of people .... There's two cricketers at the time that said, 'Why don't we just put our hands up and tell the truth, they can't fire all of us.'

"That’s what’s happened.

"They all got a caning and basically David Warner was completely villainized."

Erskine said he had told Warner to keep quiet so that everyone could move on from the scandal.

"(Warner) has shut up, he has protected Cricket Australia, he has protected his fellow players on my advice, because at the end of the day no one wanted to hear any more of it and he’s got on playing cricket," he added.

Cricket Australia (CA) was unable to provide immediate comment on Thursday.

The fresh allegations about Newlands overshadowed day one of the second test against West Indies at Adelaide Oval on Thursday, where Smith was captaining the team in regular skipper Pat Cummins's absence.

Warner sought to have his leadership ban quashed by an independent panel set up by CA but the 36-year-old withdrew

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