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Khawaja denies using ball-tampering revelations to boost memoir sales
Retired Australian cricketer Usman Khawaja has denied that he included claims about the 2018 ball-tampering scandal in his memoir to boost sales. He says he chose what to include and wrote about the episode partly to honour a promise to David Warner, who was initially portrayed as the plot’s architect.
In *Sabr*, released on Tuesday, Khawaja says the whole Australian team knew sandpaper had been used during the Cape Town Test and in the previous match. That conflicts with Cricket Australia’s investigation, which found only Warner, Steve Smith and Cameron Bancroft knew of the plan; several other players have denied prior knowledge. Khawaja says his publisher did not request the material, royalties would require substantial sales, and he does not need the money. Cricket Australia chief executive Todd Greenberg has ruled out reopening the investigation.
In short
- Khawaja denies using Sandpapergate claims to sell his memoir.
- His account says the whole team knew about the sandpaper.
- Cricket Australia’s investigation found only three players were aware.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “Usman Khawaja fires back at claims he used Sandpapergate to sell more books: ‘I don’t need the money’”.