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No more on Cape Town scandal

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The Australian public may never find out precisely what happened on the fateful afternoon in Cape Town that shook cricket to its core — at least not from Cricket Australia (CA).

Despite all three players involved choosing not to appeal their punishment­s — signalling the end of the official process led by CA into the ball-tampering scandal — chairman David Peever said the governing body would release no further details or confirmati­on about what actually occurred.

Even disgraced opener David Warner admitted there were ‘‘unanswered questions and lots of them’’ regarding the lunch break on day three of the Newlands Test, when he showed Cameron Bancroft how to rough up a ball using sandpaper.

Warner didn’t respond to them at his press conference last Saturday — much to the frustratio­n of cricket lovers who were hoping for closure, or at least a more specific breakdown of events.

Instead, fans may have to wait for the inevitable tell-all interviews or books that are begging to be written about the incident to fill in the gaps, because Peever wants to leave it all in the past.

‘‘The integrity review made its findings, made its recommenda­tions, sanctions were offered, have been accepted,’’ Peever told reporters in Brisbane on Friday.

‘‘There’s been a lot (of detail released) in terms of the advice that was provided from the investigat­ion itself.

‘‘I don’t anticipate there will be more release of informatio­n.

‘‘We’re moving forward from here. The announceme­nt of the review today is all about moving forward.’’

Who came up with the plan, why they resorted to it, who provided the sandpaper, and whether it was the first time it had been done by an Australian cricket team are questions that will remain unresolved for the time being.

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