Usman Khawaja has claimed the entire Australia team and coaching staff were aware of the sandpaper plot that shocked the cricketing world in 2018, finally stating: “It was all of us.”

A huge ball-tampering scandal flared up in an ill-tempered series against South Africa eight years ago, with television cameras clearly showing Cameron Bancroft using sandpaper to help generate reverse swing during the third Test in Cape Town.

The aftermath saw captain Steve Smith and his deputy David Warner banned for a year while Bancroft, as a junior player, served nine months.…