Perth, Nov. 12 -- Former Australian opener Matthew Hayden has weighed in on the controversy surrounding the 2018 ball-tampering scandal, following Usman Khawaja's recent explosive claims about the infamous episode during Australia's tour of South Africa.

Former Australia opener Matthew Hayden has weighed in on the controversy surrounding the 2018 ball-tampering scandal, following Usman Khawaja's recent explosive claims about the infamous episode during Australia's tour of South Africa.

Addressing the growing debate over the "sandpaper gate" row, Hayden questioned Khawaja's perspective, suggesting that his comments reflected an individual rather than a collective viewpoint.

"A lot of Usman, if you play his Instagram back, there's a lot ...