Usman Khawaja insists he has not thrown anyone under the bus with his bombshell ball-tampering revelations that have rocked Australian cricket.

One day on from claiming sandpaper had been used in the Test prior to Cape Town 2018 and the entire team were responsible, Khawaja defended the timing of his claims.

In a five-minute long , two-part Instagram explanation, Khawaja revealed he had planned to go public with the details days after the incident before the suspended Steve Smith talked him out of it.

He also detailed how he made another attempt to ensure the entire team took the blame for it in 2021, before a public statement from the bowlers denied any knowledge.

But Khawaja said he had made a promise with his childhood friend David Warner to spill the details of the saga post-retirement in his book, believing Warner, Smith and Cameron Bancroft had taken the fall for the entire team.

“I haven’t thrown anyone under the bus,” Khawaja said.…