Cameron Bancroft has informed Cricket Australia he has no new information about the ball-tampering scandal after his explosive comments which hauled the dramatic events of 2018 back into the spotlight.

Bancroft was banned for nine months for his role in the Cape Town saga that plunged Australian cricket into crisis, while stars Steve Smith and David Warner each received year-long suspensions.

Speaking to the Guardian over the weekend, Bancroft was asked directly if the bowlers knew about his actions and twice said the answer was “pretty self- explanatory”.

CA’s integrity unit contacted the batsman during his county stint at Durham with an invitation to shed fresh light on the controversy.

But the 28-year-old has responded to the request, saying he has nothing further to tell cricket authorities than what he detailed during the initial investigation in March 2018.

England veteran Stuart Broad chipped in with a sceptical take on the official account of the event in South Africa more than three years ago.

Broad, whose own rivalry with Australia runs long and deep, was asked about the latest developments by PA during the launch of Lifebuoy’s partnership with the Chance to Shine charity.

And he made it clear elite bowlers were highly unlikely to miss significant alterations to the tool of their trade.

“In an England Test team, if I miss the seam by four millimetres, Jimmy Anderson’s on me...’why has this ball got a mark on it here; it’s because you’ve missed the seam: start hitting the seam, will you’,” Broad said.

“As an England team, we are aware if we’re trying to get the ball reversing, every player has to buy into that or it will stop it.

“I didn’t see any of the inquiry into what happened but I have seen a couple of comments from David Warner’s agent and I think it will be an interesting time when he stops playing for Australia and writes a book.

“There’s no doubt the Aussies would have been hoping this episode was signed, sealed and delivered.”

The matter has drawn plenty of debate worldwide, with former Australia captains Adam Gilchrist and Michael Clarke among those to share a cynical reading of the original investigation.

“I think there’s a few people that have got it stored away and are ready to pull the trigger when the time is right,” Gilchrist told SEN.

“I think anyone would be naive to think that people weren’t aware of what’s going on about ball maintenance and I don’t think CA wanted to go there.”

Clarke was just as forthcoming, telling Sky Sports Radio: “What’s the surprise, that more than three people knew?

“If you’d played the game of cricket, you would know more than three people know what was going on in there.

“The problem Cricket Australia has is the fact they’ve tried to sweep it under the carpet and not come out and tell the full story.”