Usman Khawaja's autobiography, Sabr, has brought the Sandpapergate controversy back into focus. The left-handed batter also claimed that Australia used an unconventional method to alter the ball during the 2017-18 Ashes series, months before the scandal in South Africa.
"I'm very angry at Darren Lehmann. Darren Lehmann surely knew all about it (ball tampering), and if he didn't, he shouldn't have been the coach at the time," Broad said.
David Warner expressed his support for Broad in a comment on X, agreeing with the former England batter's criticism of Lehmann. He wrote: "I couldn't agree more and that's hard for me to say!"
— David Warner (@davidwarner31) November 10, 2026
Chris Broad Revisits Darren Lehmann's 'Blatant Cheat' Remark Against Stuart Broad
During the Trent Bridge Test in the 2013 Ashes, Stuart Broad remained at the crease after edging a delivery to first slip. Darren Lehmann responded by calling the England pacer a "blatant cheat".
"There he was in 2013, taking the moral high ground against my son, where he played the Australian game of nicking the ball and waiting for the umpire to give him out... and then came out in the media saying 'we're going to make him cry when he comes to Australia next,'" Broad said.
Usman Khawaja Reveals Australia's Ball-Tampering Method During 2017-18 Ashes
In his autobiography, Usman Khawaja detailed how Australia worked on the ball during the 2017-18 Ashes. The team did not use sandpaper against England but reportedly found a way to lift the flaps along the ball's quarter-seam to generate reverse swing.
"We were reverse swinging it late on day five," Khawaja wrote. "Actually, we were reverse swinging the ball the game before too - except it was much tougher, because it was the pink ball.
Australia generated reverse swing during the third Test in Perth, which they won late on the fifth day to regain the Ashes. The series took place just months before the 2018 Cape Town Test, where Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft were sanctioned for their roles in the ball-tampering scandal.
Also read: "100 per cent accurate": David Warner backs Usman Khawaja's Sandpapergate claims
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