Former Test opener Usman Khawaja defended the timing of his ball-tampering revelations, saying “I haven’t thrown anyone under the bus,” according to a report in The Guardian.
The Guardian reported that Khawaja issued his explanation on social media. He said he would not deny that everyone knew about the use of sandpaper, according to the same report.
The Guardian also reported that Khawaja had made his earlier claim one day before the explanation. In that claim, he said sandpaper had been used in the Test prior to Cape Town 2018 and that the entire team were responsible.
According to The Guardian, the revelations have rocked Australian cricket. The report was written by Australian Associated Press and carried under The Guardian's byline credit.
The Guardian's summary of the report ends mid-sentence, so it does not give further detail on how the claims were received, whether teammates or cricket authorities have responded, or the full text of Khawaja's social media statement. Those points are not reported here, and no other source material was available to fill them in.