Perth cricket fans are split over Australian captain Pat Cummins’ attempt to clear the air over the team’s eight-year-old Sandpaper scandal.

Many had their say outside Perth Stadium during Friday’s international summer opening one-day clash between Australia and England after the Aussie skipper, who wasn’t playing in the game, spent more than an hour answering questions in Sydney.

Speaking to The West Sport, fans were dubious about Cummins’ version of the truth but also questioned the motivations behind Usman Khawaja’s claims made in his recently released autobiography, which suggested more players were aware of the sandpaper plot than just the punished trio of Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft.

Lance Martin said he was “not interested” in getting involved in the debate, describing the saga as “old news”.

Another fan said he thought Cummins was lying.

“As far as I’m concerned Cummins is covering for everybody else. He’s not telling the truth.”

But many also backed Khawaja, including one Australian backer who said “Khawaja is right to say that all 11 knew”.

“But eight years later, it’s a bit rough, isn’t it?”

In a social media survey conducted by The West, 68.73 per cent of WA cricket fans said they were still unconvinced by Cummins’ version of events.

Watch what fans outside Perth Stadium had to say as Australia faced England in the first ODI

The controversy appeared to be put aside for some punters inside the stadium as they turned out with high-energy — and the occasional confrontation with security.

Photos taken by The West showed what appeared to be a security guard falling to the ground as he tried to eject a man from the stadium.

Another man was seen being thrown out of the stadium for an unknown reason.

An infamous “beer snake” — a stack of empty beer cups — also made an appearance on Friday.

Colourful outfits from Australian and English fans also caught the eye of the cameras, including a group of pilots on a buck’s party and a man dressed as an iconic British red post box.