‘It was all of us’: Khawaja says entire Australia team knew about sandpaper ball tampering plot
Usman Khawaja claims the entire Australia team knew about the use of sandpaper to tamper with the ball in the final Test of their 2018 series with South Africa.
- The 'Sandpapergate' scandal saw Australia scuffing the ball with sandpaper in the March 2018 test in Cape Town.
Former Australia opener Usman Khawaja has claimed that the side's entire dressing room knew about the ball-tampering scheme in Cape Town in 2018.
The former Australia batter said the team used sandpaper to tamper with the ball before Cameron Bancroft was caught on camera while handling the object during the third Test, ahead of the release of Khawaja’s autobiography Sabr on Tuesday.
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