Usman Khawaja
Usman Tariq Khawaja is a former Australian international cricketer who represented the Australia national cricket team in all formats from 2011 to 2026. Khawaja still plays for the Brisbane Heat in the Big Bash League. Khawaja played domestic cricket for New South Wales from 2007 to 2012, before moving to Queensland where he would later become state captain and end his domestic career with them. Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Coverage this week
Separate stories naming Usman Khawaja, by day.
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| Sat | 5 |
| Sun | 8 |
| Mon | 3 |
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| Today | 6 |
0.2% of News stories in the last 24 hours, about the same as 0.2% over the days before.
Storylines
Today
- England captain Joe Root rejects Usman Khawaja’s claim ‘the whole world’ was ball-tampering
- Usman Khawaja makes changes to book tour after fiery TV interview
First: ABC Sport, 36 min before anyone else
- Usman Khawaja is ripped into by his own team mate: 'Trying to sell books'
- Alyssa Healy caught ‘in the middle’ of old sandpaper wounds ahead of commentary role with Usman Khawaja and David Warner
- Sandpapergate row: Usman Khawaja cancels media interviews after Pat Cummins question
First: The Sydney Morning Herald, 3 min before anyone else
- David Warner backs Usman Khawaja’s ‘Sandpapergate' claims: '100 per cent accurate'
First: The Guardian, 3 hr 41 min before anyone else
- Cricket Australia will not have another Sandpapergate investigation
First: ABC Sport, 50 min before anyone else
Yesterday
- Revealed: What’s really in Usman Khawaja’s book
First: Brisbane Times, 4 hr 53 min before anyone else
- Cricket Australia, Usman Khawaja address criticism over sandpaper scandal
First: The Sydney Morning Herald, 1 hr 17 min before anyone else
Monday 9 November
- Aussie cricketers Nic Maddinson and Scott Boland react to Usman Khawaja’s sandpaper revelations: ‘Books to sell’
- Cricket’s sandpaper scandal: Usman Khawaja’s claims put Pat Cummins under scrutiny – Opinion
First: Brisbane Times, 21 hr 59 min before anyone else
- Australian players prepare for fresh grilling after explosive ball tampering claims in Khawaja book
- Scott Boland rejects Usman Khawaja book claims over Victorian cricket ball-tampering
Sunday 8 November
- Usman Khawaja reveals why he waited eight years to make bombshell Sandpapergate claims that rocked Aussie cricket: 'He talked me out of it'
- Usman Khawaja says Steve Smith talked him out of sharing blame for sandpaper plot
- Usman Khawaja opens up on reasons and timing for sandpaper revelation, says he didn’t want to “go to war”
- Khawaja claims entire Australia team knew about 2018 ball-tampering scandal
First: The Independent, 12 min before anyone else
- Khawaja addresses backlash from explosive claims
First: Daily Mail, 2 hr 34 min before anyone else
- Why Usman Khawaja’s meeting with Anthony Albanese got ‘heated’
Saturday 7 November
- Mitchell Johnson: Usman Khawaja revelations don’t look good for the bowlers after they denied any knowledge
- Australian bowlers and Bancroft silent after Khawaja’s explosive sandpaper claims
- Cricket Australia tries to dodge Khawaja’s sandpapergate bombshell
First: 7NEWS, 2 hr 38 min before anyone else
- Usman Khawaja remained silent for eight years. Why did he speak out now?
- Australian cricketer Usman Khawaja disputes findings in 2018 ball-tampering probe