Usman Khawaja defends the timing of his ball-tampering bombshell, insisting he hasn't sold out teammates over the Cape Town 2018 scandal.
Cape Town 2018 is back in the spotlight. The Newlands scandal that shook world cricket has been reignited by Usman Khawaja, who has now broken his silence to defend the timing of his explosive ball-tampering revelations.
The former Australia Test opener took to social media to answer critics who questioned why he spoke up now. His message was blunt: he has not thrown anyone under the bus. A day earlier, Khawaja had claimed that sandpaper was used in the Test before the Cape Town match, and that the whole team shared responsibility rather than just the few players who were punished.
Khawaja also made clear he wouldn't deny that everyone in the group knew about the sandpaper. That stance pushes back on the long-held picture of a small group acting alone, and it has set Australian cricket buzzing.
The Pakistani-born Australian's comments have dragged one of the sport's darkest chapters back into public debate, with South Africa's most famous cricket ground at the centre of it once more. Fans across the continent, who watched the Cape Town drama unfold in real time, will be following every twist as the story develops.
