Pat Cummins: Australian cricket's sandpapergate is back, reopening wounds in a 'nation of good sports'

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As Australian cricket captain Pat Cummins spent more than an hour being grilled by reporters over one of sport's biggest cheating scandals, the tension in the hall was occasionally pierced by muffled cheers.

Outside, a crucial match in the top tier of domestic cricket was getting under way. Cummins was clear he'd rather we all be talking about that.