Sandpaper scandal: Bowler Chadd Sayers says he took sandpaper from the field and rejects Pat Cummins recount

Sayers first backed Khawaja’s recollections last week, saying “everything” in the former opener’s book was “accurate”.

In an episode which has dominated headlines in Australia and elsewhere, Khawaja said the entire Australia team knew about the plan to use sandpaper to tamper with the ball and should have taken responsibility.

Cummins, a bowler in that squad and now Australia captain, emphatically rejected the claims by calling them “100% wrong” and “utter nonsense”.

The bowlers – Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon – have always claimed they did not know.

David Warner accused Cricket Australia of a “cover-up” on Saturday, suggesting Hazlewood, Starc and Lyon had not been interviewed as part of the governing body’s investigation.

Warner, Bancroft and then captain Steve Smith served lengthy bans for their role in the scandal.