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Khawaja claims entire Australia team knew of 2018 sandpaper plot
November 7, 2026 at 12:28 AM
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TGThe Guardian
‘It was all of us’: Khawaja says entire Australia team knew about sandpaper ball tampering plot
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BNBBC News
Sandpapergate: Usman Khawaja claims whole Australia team knew about use of sandpaper to tamper with ball against South Africa
(opens the publisher’s site)Usman Khawaja has said in his autobiography that Australia's entire 2018 touring party knew of the sandpaper ball-tampering scheme and used it in an earlier Test.
- Khawaja wrote that “all of us” knew about the plot, not only the batters, the bowlers or the staff.
- He said the team first used sandpaper during the second Test against South Africa at Port Elizabeth.
- Cricket Australia said all relevant information presented to it had been properly considered and it remained comfortable with its integrity process findings.
- Pat Cummins said the 2018 investigations had answered every question and that the team had moved on.