Usman Khawaja has slammed Queensland Cricket boss Joe Dawes for accusing the Australia Test opener of making himself unavailable for selection for Sheffield Shield cricket. Dawes told a press conference on Wednesday that there was no reason Khawaja could not have played in Queensland’s final regular season match against South Australia which finished on Tuesday. … Read more
Aussie opener Usman Khawaja struck his maiden double hundred in Test cricket on day two of the first Test against Sri Lanka at Galle. He got there with a single off Prabath Jayasuriya. He is the first Australian to score a double century in Asia since Jason Gillespie’s 201 against Bangladesh. Before him, only a … Read more
Australian batters Usman Khawaja and Travis Head have conceded that the incomparable Jasprit Bumrah’s absence on the third day of the series-deciding fifth Test played a big role in their team’s victory against India on the bowler-friendly SCG deck. Laid low by back spasm, Bumrah could not bowl on the spiciest wicket of the series … Read more
Sam Konstas has the shots and the words. The last attribute at times does land him in a soup. During Australia’s first innings in the fifth Test here at the Sydney Cricket Ground, the opener exchanged words with Jasprit Bumrah, who was complaining about Usman Khawaja ‘wasting time’ before close of play. The Indian spearhead … Read more
India head coach Gautam Gambhir issued a strong response to his Australian counterpart’s claim that the visitors had intimidated 19-year-old Sam Konstas on the opening day of the fifth Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground. “It’s a tough sport played by tough men. You can’t be that soft. As simple as it can get. I … Read more
Usman Khawaja wore a black armband on the first day of the fifth Test of Border-Gavaskar Trophy against India at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday. Khawaja wore the armband in respect of South African batter Ashwell Prince’s wife Melissa Prince, who passed away aged 40 three days ago after a cancer battle. He was the … Read more
Former Australia opener David Warner has backed Nathan McSweeney to score the most runs in the test series against India despite the uncapped batsman’s lack of experience as an opener. South Australia captain McSweeney will march out to the middle with Usman Khawaja in the first test at Perth Stadium starting on Friday, having claimed … Read more