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Usman Tariq Khawaja (Urdu: عثمان خواجہ; born 18 December 1986) is an Australian cricketer who represents Australia national cricket team in Test cricket and Queensland. Khawaja made his first-class cricket debut for New South Wales in 2008 and played his first international match for Australia in January 2011.
Heat vs Scorchers at Brisbane - January 10, 2024. Read about Usman Khawaja cricket player from Australia profile, stats, rankings, records, videos, photos at ESPNcricinfo.
Jul 17, 2023 · Usman Khawaja's international comeback comes full circle at Old Trafford this week. It was at this ground four years ago that he was dropped from Australia's Test team and feared his career was...
Dec 7, 2021 · Trailblazer Usman Khawaja talks about racism in cricket and urges Cricket Australia to diversify for the sake of the game.
Jan 19, 2024 · Australia opener Usman Khawaja retired injured after being hit by a bouncer but his side beat West Indies by 10 wickets in the first Test in Adelaide. Khawaja, 37, misjudged a short ball from...
In T20s, Khawaja had a brief stint in the IPL in 2016 with the now defunct Rising Pune Supergiants. He also played a few games for the Islamabad United in the PSL and represented the Sydney ...
May 1, 2024 · Usman Khawaja was named a Wisden Cricketer of the Year for 2023. Daniel Brettig’s piece on Khawaja originally appeared in the 2024 edition of Wisden Cricketer’s Almanack. The Five Cricketers of the Year represent a tradition that dates back in Wisden to 1889, making this the oldest individual award in cricket.
Jan 6, 2022 · If you squinted, you could see a 24-year-old Usman Khawaja in the middle of the SCG, thrust into a debut Test in a broken team en route to the anomaly that was the 2010/11 Ashes defeat.
Usman Khawaja finished his first Ashes tour, in 2013, unsure if he wanted to play for Australia again. He finished his second, six years later, wondering if his Test career was over.
Born in Pakistan, Usman Khawaja became the first Muslim to play for Australia when he made his Test debut in the final match of the 2010-11 Ashes, in Sydney. With his international career having stalled slightly following that much-hyped debut, Khawaja decided to move from New South Wales to Queensland at the start of the 2012-13 season.
