David Warner's manager has dropped a bombshell on the 'Sandpaper-gate' scandal.
He claims two Australian senior executives not only knew about the ball-tampering in South Africa - but instructed Warner and his teammates to do it.
It came after Warner released a statement declaring he will not be appealing his leadership ban.
Early on day one of the second test at Adelaide Oval, Warner was delivering blows to the West Indies.
At around the same time, his manager James Erskine was delivering an explosive blow of his own on sports radio.
"You'd have to be a blind black labrador to not realise that there was far more than three people involved in this thing," he told SEN.
Erskine has revealed new information about what led to the 2018 ball-tampering scandal.
He claims the seeds to the scandal were planted two years earlier, following an innings defeat to South Africa in Hobart in 2016, when players were told to ball tamper.
"Two senior executives were in the changing room in Hobart, and basically were berating them for losing against South Africa," he added.
"Warner said 'we've got to reverse swing the ball, and basically the only way we can reverse swing the ball is by tampering with it'.
"So they were told to do it."
For his role in the scandal Steve Smith has largely been forgiven, currently standing in as captain for the injured Pat Cummins.
That's something Warner can never experience, declaring he will not be appealing his lifetime leadership ban because he doesn't want to drag his family through another media circus.
"He's keen to just move on with playing cricket," Australian captain Cummins said. "Like he always is, he's awesome around the boys."
Australia might be dominating in Adelaide, but it's an incident in Cape Town four years ago that continues to overshadow anything on the pitch.
