New South Wales and Queensland players struggle at a Sydney Cricket Ground blanketed by smoke haze from nearby bushfires, with Test spinner Steve O'Keefe saying the conditions are toxic and shocking.
NSW Health has urged Sydney residents to cut back on outdoor physical activity because of the smoke.most notably in 2017 when players donned face masks and some left the field to vomit during a TestThe start of a recent second XI game in Sydney's west was delayed because of smoke but the relevant Air Quality Index was more concerning in that case.AQI readings were monitored throughout Tuesday but the number was never high enough to stop play.
Khawaja consulted the players' union on Monday and Cricket Australia medico John Orchard, who was at the SCG, on Tuesday morning. "There were limitations there. If it got really bad … we probably would have come off," Khawaja said."It was bad but it wasn't unplayable … I wasn't going to use that as an excuse to come off and make a fuss about it, or say it's unsafe."
Khawaja added one run to his overnight score, having produced his first half-century of the Shield season. "I've felt really good … I scored a lot of runs in the white-ball stuff, haven't scored as many runs in the red-ball stuff," the Test discard said.
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