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Khawaja alerted Cummins and CA boss to memoir's 'sandpaper' chapter before South Africa tour

Usman Khawaja personally informed Test captain Pat Cummins and Cricket Australia chief executive Todd Greenberg about a specific chapter in his upcoming autobiography, Sabr: Finding My Way in Cricket and Life, that addresses the 2018 Sandpapergate controversy. The meeting took place over coffee in Brisbane prior to the squad's departure for South Africa, ensuring leadership was fully briefed before old ball-tampering footage resurfaced online ahead of the first Test in Durban.

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