It is an iron law of history that the “cover-up” of wrongdoing has consequences that are at least as dire as the original offence.
This is a lesson soon to be reinforced by what is likely to unfold after claims by retired Test cricketer Usman Khawaja that the ball-tampering incident in Cape Town (otherwise known as Sandpapergate) in 2018 was not an isolated case perpetrated by just three players: Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft.
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