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Exclusive: Lee Fortis departs following row with ECB employee in July and was known within the game for a robust communication style

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Usman Khawaja has revealed he was racially abused by an MCC member in the Lord’s Long Room after the Jonny Bairstow stumping incident in 2023.

He describes MCC members as “a pack of dogs about to feast on their next meals”.

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'By revealing it started as a joke in the changing rooms when someone rubbed sandpaper on the ball (again unnamed) it shows many knew what was going on.'

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“Now everyone knows the truth. It’s out there.”

The player identified as the architect of Australia’s 2018 ball-tampering plan backs his former team-mate’s claims that the whole team knew about the illegal tactics.

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Former England all-rounder Geoff Miller opens his vast memory bank of 1970s dressing-room anarchy, from smuggling whoopee cushions on to the pitch against Clive Lloyd to receiving blunt leadership advice from Brian Clough

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