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Australian cricketer Usman Khawaja disputes findings in 2018 ball-tampering probe
SYDNEY: Former Australian cricketer Usman Khawaja said in a new autobiography excerpted on Saturday that discussions about ball-tampering during Australia’s 2018 tour of South Africa were more widespread within the team than Cricket Australia’s investigation found. The “Sandpapergate” scandal over Australia’s scuffing of the ball with sandpaper in the March 2018 test in Cape Town sparked a major integrity crisis for Cricket Australia. In a statement on Saturday, the governing body defended its 2018 probe that concluded prior knowledge was confined to three players — Steve Smith, David Warner a...
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