Former Australia opener David Warner slammed Pat Cummins for his statement on the Sandpapergate scandal. He accused the current Test and ODI captain of throwing Usman Khawaja under the bus. The fallout from one of the biggest controversies in Australian cricket continues to go on eight years after the incident in a Test match against South Africa. The southpaw made new revelations in his autobiography ‘Sabr’.

Cummins spoke to the media on Friday. Khawaja had claimed that the entire Australia squad knew about the ball tampering and how sandpaper was being used during the Cape Town Test.

However, Cummins refuted all the claims, calling the revelations complete and utter nonsense. Warner said that he was disappointed with what Cummins said.

“Pat Cummins was very well prepared this morning. I still stick by Uzzie and what he's written in that book. It is the truth and I really, really support him. I actually feel for him at the moment. “I actually feel that the captain today actually threw Uzzie under the bus. And I'm very, very disappointed about that,” Warner said on Fox Cricket on Friday, ahead of the first ODI between Australia and England in Perth.

Khawaja's disclosure is completely different from what Cricket Australia had said. The officials blamed Steve Smith and Cameron Bancroft for the use of sandpaper. 

Smith and Warner, captain and vice-captain, were banned for one year while  Bancroft was given a nine-month ban.

Warner called the investigation botched.

"The way it was handled in the first place, it was hard for us actually to go back and give more evidence. It felt like a botched investigation; it was a quick one to get it over and done with. Some of the questions were challenging; they were like planted on us," said Warner.

“The thing for us is that we don't have the opportunity to go back there and speak again. Todd Greenberg (Cricket Australia CEO) squashed it the other day,” he added.

Warner further added that he has made peace with the fact that he and Cummins will never be on the same page regarding the matter.

“The thing for us is that we don't have the opportunity to go back there and speak again. Todd Greenberg (Cricket Australia CEO) squashed it the other day,” he added.

"We're open to that, but I've played golf with Pat Cummins a couple of times. I've been in the change room, you know, since then and played and won some World Cups, and it's just never been questioned or asked about it. At the end of the day, Pat's not going to agree with me. I'm not going to agree with him. He's obviously spoken about what he thinks about Uzzy's book, but I stand by Uzzy and his comments," he added.

Warner revealed that his wife Candice had a miscarriage, making the situation more difficult.

“All three of us have paid a big price in this. I hadn't spoken about it in eight years. But at the end of the day, we have to live with the consequences daily. When other people talk about how they have been affected by this, there's nothing worse for me, Cameron and Smith, who have to walk out there every single day and cope with abuse,” said Warner.

"My wife and I lost a baby at that time. That's what hurts me the most. It has been really difficult.

Warner also opened up about writing his version of the story in the future.

"My wife and I lost a baby at that time. That's what hurts me the most. It has been really difficult.