Lehmann rejects Khawaja's account of what Australia knew in South Africa in 2018
Darren Lehmann, Australia's head coach on the 2018 tour of South Africa, has disputed a claim made by Usman Khawaja, suggesting not everyone would have known and questioning the timing of the revelation.
Darren Lehmann has pushed back against a claim made by Usman Khawaja about Australia's 2018 tour of South Africa, disputing the batter's account of what was known inside the touring party.
Lehmann, who was Australia's head coach on that tour, rejected the suggestion that knowledge was shared across the group. "Don't think everyone would have known," he said in response to Khawaja's claim.
The former coach also took aim at when the revelation had surfaced. "That's part and parcel of selling books, I suppose," Lehmann said of its timing, linking Khawaja's account to the business of book sales rather than accepting it at face value.
The exchange sets a former head coach against one of the players from his era over events on a tour that remains a significant chapter in Australian cricket. Lehmann's position is that Khawaja's description of the squad's awareness does not match his own understanding of that time.
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