A career marked by perseverance and patience has come to an end but not before scoring 6200 plus Test match runs along with 16 centuries and 28 fifties from 88 Tests. Usman Khawaja has been an incredible force of nature, an adjective that does suit his quiet presence amid a time that’s loud and perhaps one where in the garb of pure cricket action, the fan is often served shenanigans. What is your view? The Aussies didn’t just nail down England; they hammered them.
Suffering a loss in a solitary Test match but winning four, Pat Cummins’ team must be extended a regard for putting forth a commendable performance.
Ultimately, it’s one in which Usman Khawaja, now a former cricketer, provided some solid knocks courtesy innings like the 82 and 40 at the Adelaide Test.
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It would be one that would be won by his team by the exact same margin of runs that he struck in the middle order before an Alex Carey special – 106 off 143- paved way for a fantastic first inning score.
Throughout his career, that began, lest we forget in 2011, Usman Khawaja has steadied Australia’s ship up the order during testing moments.
A batter who put a high price on his wicket, often batting in the Dean Elgar meets Michael Bevan mode, Khawaja combined technical correctness to gap finding on either side of the wicket.
He was, much deservingly, extended the famous guard of honour upon the completion of the last Ashes Test match that his team won by 5 wickets at Sydney, a ground that’ll forever remain special to the left hander.
What are your thoughts and impressions about a career that leaves us with the probable “what if” had Usman Khawaja stayed on for maybe another year?
