Usman Khawaja has provided the highlights of the night at the Australian Cricket Awards with both touching tributes and stinging burns directed at his teammates during a quintessentially Khawaja speech. 7NEWS
Awards with both touching tributes and stinging burns directed at his teammates during a quintessentially Khawaja speech.
“I think there’s been outstanding performances – Marnus, Smudger , Patty always, Gaz , the amount of wickets you’ve taken this year is unbelievable. I was just a little bit better I think.Usman Khawaja won the Shane Warne men’s Test player of the year.The veteran then switched gears and delivered some of the most touching family tributes of the night.“When I got dropped in 2019, you gave me unconditional love. I’m getting emotional thinking about a very tough time in my life.
“To my mum, I’m sure you probably would have seen her in the stands. She’s the lady with the scarf who’s always panicking every single match I play. She still thinks it’s my first Test match – mum, I’ve played 50 Test matches, I’m 36 years old, relax. Enjoy the game please. I love you so much. I’m hoping the next little bit of the journey you can enjoy.
Khawaja made his way back into the Test team in Sydney last year when established middle order batter Travis Head was unavailable with COVID-19, opening a door for the veteran to play in what he thought would be one last Test. “It’s funny when you play with that kind of mindset how things can actually work out. I was just worried about getting off the mark and doing the process right and trying to win the game for the team. Life’s very funny at times.”
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