Legendary Glenn McGrath urged Cricket Australia to end the ongoing Sandpapergate saga. The incident, which took place in 2018, has been back in the headlines because of Usman Khawaja. Usman Khawaja, a former Australia National Cricket Team opener whose autobiography has recently launched, reignited the Sandpapergate incident.

Days before the book launch, Usman Khawaja made a few explosive comments on the infamous incident, which forced the Australian cricket board to issue a ban for a month to Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft. According to Khawaja, not only Smith, Warner and Bancroft, but everyone was involved in the Sandpapergate incident.

Usman Khawaja's Sandpapergate claims put Australia in misery

After all these years, recalling the memories from that incident has led Australian cricket and the people who are associated with or played for the national team to an unexpected scenario. As the comments were exclusively made by Usman Khawaja himself, there is no way to cross-check the claims until the nation's top cricketing body issues its statement.

Amid the saga, former Australian fast bowler Glenn McGrath suggested that the Australian cricket board make its position clear, as people across the planet have been creating stories and perceptions based on Usman Khawaja's claims.

Glenn McGrath opens up on the Sandpapergate saga

Through a video message, McGrath stated that he is not a big fan of carrying the past as extra luggage. Due to excessive outside noise, it has become hard for him as well to ignore the Sandpapergate saga.

"No one's saying that what they did is not wrong. They were bloody idiots for what they did. They should never have done it. I'm a big fan of leaving the past in the past, but learning from it. We're all custodians of this great game. What's the benefit to the game of cricket of wanting to find out all these answers? There is no benefit to the game of Test Cricket," Glenn McGrath said in the video message.

Glenn McGrath asks Cricket Australia to come up

Further, he asked Cricket Australia to address the issues, as it is adding humiliation to the nation. Whether there is any truth behind Usman Khawaja's stories, only the national cricket body can tell.

McGrath observed that as there is no concrete evidence of the incident, journalists across the globe have been doing stories from different angles. Instead of slowing down, the saga is gaining pace day by day.

"Cricket Australia, come out. You know, we've dealt with that in the past. This is Usman's story. This is how he feels, and just leave it at that and move on. It's only people with the agendas that want this to keep going. Journalists, they love it because they've got stories to write," he added.

"Other countries, you know, they can use that against Australia and other journalists from other countries that didn't like Australia being so strong. Oh, they'll love it. They'll use it. Oh, we've got to keep it going," Glenn McGrath continued.

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