Khawaja claims all players knew about Sandpapergate ball tampering

ABC News Australia6 November 2026, 18:38 UTCSouth Africa

Usman Khawaja claims all staff and players knew that the Australian team was using sandpaper to tamper with the ball during the 2018 tour of South Africa.

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