- Usman Khawaja's new autobiography has reopened the 'sandpapergate' scandal by claiming the entire Australian team was aware of the 2018 Cape Town ball-tampering plot.
- Former teammate David Warner backed Khawaja's claims as "100 per cent accurate" and criticised Cricket Australia's original investigation as "rushed and botched".
- Khawaja's memoir also revealed that Australia used sandpaper earlier in the South Africa series and experimented with lifting the seam during the 2017/18 Ashes.
- Joe Root refused to speculate on the revelations, maintaining that he does not know what occurred inside the Australian dressing room – despite captaining the England team that suffered a painful 4-0 defeat in that Ashes series.
- Root emphasised that his sole focus is on England's upcoming three-match one-day international series against Australia, which begins in Perth.
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