"Were Calling Head A ****": Usman Khawaja On Why He Wouldn't Want His Kids To be Around Ashes

19.07.2023 - 03:05 sports.ndtv.com

The ongoing Ashes has been closely fought so far. After Australia won the first two tests, England won the third Test. The fourth Test of the five-match series starts in Manchester on Wednesday.

Before the match, Australia batter Usman Khawaja opened up on the rough treatment that they have been getting from the English crowd.

Since England star batter Jonny Bairstow was controversially stumped by Alex Carey off Cameron Green's bowling, first the Australian players were confronted in the Lord's long room, then in the third test too, the visitors were booed at Leeds.

The aggressive behaviour has been criticised by Usman Khawaja. "Personally, if I am coming to the cricket and watching the cricket, I wouldn't want my kids to be around that," Khawaja was quoted as saying byESPN Cricinfo. "If I saw that I would 100 percent make a complaint or just leave.

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A couple of days after the Ashes series ended, Australia and England were in for a rude shock as the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday said it docked points and fined both the teams for maintaining slow over-rate during the recently-concluded contest. The ICC said in a release on its website that both England and Australia, who played out a 2-2 draw with one Test of the five-match series being washed out in Manchester, have been fined one World Test Championship point for every over short, along with match fees.

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