Usman Khawaja's promotional tour for his book Sabr has been subject to adjustments after the former Australia Test batter was questioned on the ABC's 7.30 Report about claims in the book.
Penguin, his publisher, told the ABC the tour had not been cancelled."The book tour is 100 still going ahead, we've just had to make some adjustments this week, but no major cancellation of the tour at all,"the statement said.
Khawaja pulled out of some radio and television spots on Wednesday. Penguin said the changes applied to this week's schedule and that there had been no major cancellation of the tour.
Sabr was published on Tuesday. In it, Khawaja wrote that"all"members of the team were aware of the plot to doctor the ball using sandpaper.
On 7.30 he was evasive when pressed on those claims and refused to elaborate.
Ferguson asked him about comments by Warner, who said his former teammate's account was"100% accurate".
"I'm just not going to entertain that,"Khawaja said.
He said he had put the account in the book because it was a safe space."And I say that for one reason: I wrote in my book because it was a safe space for me to write,"he said.
The bowling group issued a statement in 2021 denying knowledge of the use of sandpaper.
Penguin said the book tour was still going ahead in full, with only adjustments to this week's appearances.