‘I felt a sigh of relief’: The significance of Cummins’ classy Khawaja gesture | tomdecent
As the cameras zoomed in on Australian captain Pat Cummins calling Usman Khawaja back into the team huddle for a team photo after the champagne bottles had been well and truly popped, Cricket Australia’s diversity and inclusion manager, Rana Hussain, immediately noticed something else.
“I noticed Marnus [Labuschagne] straight away more than Pat,” Hussain said. “Waking up today and to see everyone talking about how Pat is a great leader … he did it, but they all did it. The 35-year-old was absent from the first photos taken with the trophy as Warner poured a bottle of Moët over Scott Boland’s head and cheers reverberated around Blundstone Arena.While much has been made of Cummins ushering teammates to put down the booze and welcome Khawaja back for a team photo, footage shows Labuschagne, Travis Head and even Warner also gesturing to the left-hander to join the celebrations.