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Cook rubbishes ball-tampering accusations
Alastair Cook has dismissed claims that England tampered with the ball during their ICC Champions Trophy match against Sri Lanka earlier this week.
The umpires decided to change the ball midway through Sri Lanka's innings, angering the England captain as he believed that the ball was starting to reverse swing.
Former England captain Bob Willis later claimed on <em>Sky Sports News</em> that one England player had been using his fingernails to damage the ball.
"The ball was changed because it . . .