Pakistan, Nov. 9 -- Usman Khawaja on Sunday denied that he had "thrown anyone under the bus", a day after an excerpt from the former Australian cricketer's autobiography claimed the entire team had been aware of ball-tampering during a 2018 tour of South Africa. The scandal, dubbed "Sandpapergate" over Australia's scuffing of the ball with sandpaper in the March 2018 test in Cape Town, sparked a major integrity crisis for Cricket Australia.

However, only captain Steve Smith and batsmen David Warner and Cameron Bancroft, who was caught with the sandpaper in his pocket, were banned for their part in the scandal. In a video posted on Instagram, Khawaja, who released the excerpt of his autobiography on Saturday, said he had wanted to "come c...