WATCH IN FULL: Cummins tackles Khawaja's explosive sandpapergate allegations

For 70 minutes Australia Captain Pat Cummins stood tall and didn't deflect or reject a single question from the media.

Responding to Usman Khawaja's explosive allegations that the whole team knew about sandpapergate before the Cape Town Test in 2018, Cummins invited the pack to as anything and everything they wanted in a bid to put the scandal to bed once and for all.

For just over an hour Cummins delivered an extraordinary response to Khawaja leaving no room for speculation over his position on the allegations.

“He (Khawaja) says I and others were architects … that is complete and utter nonsense," he said defiantly.

“People assume … there must be some huge masterplan. The truth is that is not the case.

“Context and details matter around this. There is no grand plan, there is no team meeting, there is no bowlers saying ‘this must happen’.

“Perhaps there was conversations with Cam Bancroft around taking sandpaper out and how to do it. But that doesn’t mean everyone in that dressing room knew what was going on."

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