‘Part Of Selling Books’: Darren Lehmann Takes Dig At Usman Khawaja Over 2018 Ball-Tampering Bombshell
\n\nDarren Lehmann has downplayed Usman Khawaja's bombshell that the entire team, including the staff, knew about the sandpaper scandal during the 2018 Test series against South Africa. Cameron Bancroft was caught ball tampering during the third Test in Cape Town. Australia captain Steve Smith later admitted that the leadership group, involving him and David Warner, was aware of the act, leading to a nine-month ban for Bancroft and 12-month bans for Warner and Smith.
\n\nDarren Lehmann was the Australian coach back then and resigned following the controversy. Khawaja, in a recent interview to Nine, said that Warner, Smith and Bancroft were not the only players involved in the ball-tampering, adding that 'all of us' were aware of it.
\n\n“It was all of us. Not the batters, not the bowlers, not the staff. All of us. In an ideal world, I don’t want to do this. I don’t want to be the one who comes out and talks about the truth. The issue is that I genuinely thought after eight years the truth would have been out by now,” Usman Khawaja said.
\n\nLehmann, however, said that…
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