The Australian star shared an ‘oh so special’ reunion with Aisha before she was caught red-handed in the press conference. 7NEWS
Usman Khawaja threw his bat into the air, let out a triumphant roar, and in a second 10 years ofThe star of Australia’s second day at Edgbaston, Khawaja went to stumps unbeaten on 126 with the visitors 5-311 in reply to England’s 8-393.Watch, Stream & Catch Up with Australia's Home of Cricket onIn his scintillating run since returning to the Test team as a 35-year-old last last year, Khawaja has done just about everything but raising the bat.
In the past, he’s celebrated half-centuries by dabbing, other centuries by dancing and has even impersonated LeBron James.After late-cutting Ben Stokes to the third-man boundary, Khawaja charged down the wicket, leapt, threw his bat in the air and yelled in celebration. This one had been a long time coming. Khawaja was dropped on the 2013 and 2019 Ashes tours, and wasn’t even picked for 2015.There had been talk he couldn’t play in England, too susceptible to edging a swinging ball.“ was a combination of three Ashes tours in England, being dropped in two of them,” Khawaja, with his three-year-old daughter Aisha next to him in the press conference, said.
“I’m getting sprayed by the crowd as I’m walking out there today and as I’m going to the nets they’re saying that I can’t score runs in England, so guess it was more emotional than normal.“It’s not that I have a point to prove, but it’s nice to go out and score runs for Australia just to show everyone that the last 10 years haven’t been a fluke.”The century came on his wife Rachel’s birthday while the presence of his daughters also seemed to inspire Khawaja.
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