Ball altering edited video, says Handscomb

Peter Handscomb claims that the two shots shown from him were with a time interval of nearly 20 minutes © Getty

Peter Handscomb has washed his hands from any saga of sandpaper He claimed that the video was edited to show that he had relayed Darren Lehmann's instructions to Cameron Bancroft, after which he had hidden the sandpaper during the test series against South Africa

]. the video that went around on social media and news channels, the Australian opener was spotted rubbing sand against the ball, and spotting head coach Lehmann gave instructions to Peter Handscomb about the walkie-talkie. Next move, Handscomb was seen laughing with Bancroft in the middle, after which he hid the yellow object in his pants. Handscomb claims that the two images shown of it were with a time interval of nearly 20 minutes.

For the first time on the subject, Handscomb said, "I like this video because it's amazing how much the media has published it. So it shows me on the walkie-talkie then I run and I talk to Cam (Bancroft) .What happened, I'm in the walkie-talkie. Twenty minutes, 25 minutes later, a player retires because he has to go to the I am next door and that's why I come. "

He was wearing a green vest, indicating his role of substitute, in the first visual, while it was off in the second. Bancroft's visuals putting the sandpaper in his pants arrived at the end of his conversation with Bancroft, according to the video. However, the incident had occurred earlier when the referees had questioned him by seeing him handle the ball on the big screen.

"I put myself in an attractive position next to Cam because we are both short catches … we are in front of the box pickers or slipping together," he added. That 's why I was there, literally trying to make a joke with him, there was nothing else, all this accumulation of me trying to to do something there, it was not there. "

Lehmann had indeed questioned about the walkie-talkie about what was going on in the middle

" I was not there. " I was not trained so much [the scandal]. I did not read it and I did not hear it.

With Steve Smith and David Warner suspended for one year and a nine-month ban on Bancroft, Handscomb managed to find a place in the XI game. He may have become a beneficiary of the incident, but he is not very satisfied with the way he had the opportunity to do so.

"It was a bit of a shame to come back in the test team under these circumstances. to get back through pure work and put numbers on the board and make sure I did all the right things, "he said." Sometimes it's the right place, the right time, and I have to try to seize this opportunity. "

Handscomb has made a comeback but could not make sure his opportunity matters.However, he will have another chance when he will make a tour in India with Australian A, who will participate in a few four day matches, in addition to being involved in a quadrangular series of 50 against South Africa A, India A and the United States. India B. His last visit to India did not prove to be as productive as he would have liked.Winning the spin, he only managed 198 points in eight innings.

Handscomb admits that he needs to have an impact in Tour A in order to cement his place when the team travels to India against Sri Lanka next year. , when the bans on the three players will be lifted.

"He [national selection] seems to be a little open slather – you go into this [A tour] if you are shopping you are a mbadive chance and, if you do not do it, you have not grabbed the occasion they give you.I have the impression of being a very good spin player and I hope that I will go there and that I will be shopping in. Subcontinent, so I hope I can do it again, "concluded Handscomb.

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