2 days ago · Australia
Usman Khawaja denies throwing 'anyone under the bus' with comments about Australia's 2018 ball-tampering scandal
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a sports story. Dawn, ABC Australia, Channel NewsAsia Latest, The Guardian Sport, and Sky Sports Football are the outlets attached to this story. The reports are tied to Australia. The first report grouped here was at 6 Nov 2026, 21:10 UTC. 7 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “Usman Khawaja denies throwing 'anyone under the bus' with comments about Australia's 2018 ball-tampering scandal”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Usman Khawaja insisted on Sunday he did not “throw anyone under the bus” by claiming the entire Australian team was in on the 2018 “Sandpapergate” plot and defended taking eight years to go public. The retired batsman re-ignited the infamous ball-tampering scandal in Cape Town on Saturday ahead of the…
Story timeline
Reports grouped into this story, earliest first. Exact repeats from the same outlet are collapsed.
- First reported by Sky Sports Football
Khawaja: Entire Australia team knew about ball-tampering scandal
- Picked up by Sky Sports Football
Khawaja: Entire Australia team knew about ball-tampering scheme
- Picked up by The Guardian Sport
‘It was all of us’: Khawaja says entire Australia team knew about sandpaper ball tampering plot
- New development reported by Channel NewsAsia Latest
Australian cricketer Usman Khawaja disputes findings in 2018 ball-tampering probe
- New development reported by ABC Australia
Lehmann says 'everyone' was ball tampering globally, denies Khawaja's sandpaper claims
- Picked up by Dawn
Australia's Khawaja claims entire team knew about 'Sandpapergate'
Same story, different outlets
5 headlinesEach line is that outlet's headline. The article stays on the publisher's site.
- DawnUsman Khawaja denies throwing 'anyone under the bus' with comments about Australia's 2018 ball-tampering scandal
- ABCLehmann says 'everyone' was ball tampering globally, denies Khawaja's sandpaper claims
- Channel NewsAsia LatestAustralian cricketer Usman Khawaja disputes findings in 2018 ball-tampering probe
- The Guardian‘It was all of us’: Khawaja says entire Australia team knew about sandpaper ball tampering plot
- Sky Sports FootballKhawaja: Entire Australia team knew about ball-tampering scheme