Plays for | Australia | |
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Age | 32 years 315 days > | |
Born | December 18, 1986, Islamabad, Pakistan | |
Batting Style | Left-hand bat | |
Bowling Style | Right-arm medium | |
Usman Khawaja needed plenty of skill, patience and composure to qualify as a pilot, and the same qualities have helped establish him as a batsman of high class for Australia. Born in Pakistan, Khawaja moved with his family to Australia when he was a young boy, and in the 2011 Sydney Ashes Test became the first Muslim to play for Australia. Batting at No.3 in place of the injured Ricky Ponting, he made 37 and 21 and showed impressive poise, giving Australia a ray of hope in a series that had brought them little but doom and gloom. A classy left-hander in the languid style of David Gower, Khawaja won further Test opportunities from 2011 to 2013 but never quite kicked on beyond his regularly appealing starts. Dropped during the 2013 Ashes, he earned another recall in 2015 for the home series against New Zealand following the retirements of Michael Clarke and Chris Rogers. |
Major Teams Affiliated With | ||
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Australia | Australia A | Australia Under-19s |
Australian Institute of Sports | Derbyshire | Lancashire |
New South Wales | Queensland | Rising Pune Supergiants |
Sydney Thunder | Valley District Cricket Club |
League | 50 | 100 | St | Ct | 6s | 4s | Ave | HS | Runs | NO | Inns | Mat |
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listA | 27 | 14 | 0 | 40 | 59 | 499 | 47.68 | 166 | 4864 | 7 | 109 | 111 |
firstClass | 47 | 28 | 0 | 108 | 55 | 1215 | 42.69 | 214 | 9777 | 22 | 251 | 144 |
T20Is | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 26.77 | 58 | 241 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
ODIs | 12 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 150 | 42.00 | 104 | 1554 | 2 | 39 | 40 |
tests | 14 | 8 | 0 | 35 | 15 | 312 | 40.66 | 174 | 2887 | 6 | 77 | 44 |
League | 10 | 5w | 4w | Econ | Ave | BBM | BBI | Wkts | Runs | Balls | Inns | Mat |
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listA | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 111 |
firstClass | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.81 | 103.00 | 1/21 | 1/21 | 1 | 103 | 162 | 13 | 144 |
T20Is | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 |
ODIs | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 40 |
tests | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.50 | - | - | - | 0 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 44 |
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