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Australia's Khawaja claims entire team knew about 'Sandpapergate'

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ABC News (Australia)
“Breaking: Khawaja claims all players knew about Sandpapergate ball tampering”

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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Al Jazeera English
“Khawaja claims entire Australia team knew about 2018 ball-tampering scandal”

The 'Sandpapergate' scandal saw ⁠Australia scuffing the ball with sandpaper in the March 2018 test ​in Cape Town.

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Gulf News
“Usman Khawaja drops bombshell: Entire Australia team knew about 2018 Sandpapergate cheating scandal”

More than eight years after one of cricket's biggest scandals, former Australian batter Usman Khawaja has made a stunning revelation. Remember the infamous Sandpapergate scandal that rocked Australian cricket during their 2018 tour of South Africa? Well, according to Khawaja, the entire Australian team knew what was happening. Not just Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft, the three players who were punished. "It was all of us. Not the batters, not the bowlers, not the staff. All of…

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Dawn
“Australia's Khawaja claims entire team knew about 'Sandpapergate”

Usman Khawaja claimed on Saturday that the entire Australian team knew about the 2018 “Sandpapergate” scandal in Cape Town and said they also employed the tactic during the previous Test at Port Elizabeth. Captain Steve Smith, his deputy David Warner and Cameron Bancroft were sent home in disgrace and found by a Cricket Australia investigation to be the only three players with prior knowledge of the ball-tampering plot. Smith was banned for a year and sacked as skipper, Warner was suspended for…

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