Usman Khawaja

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Usman Khawaja
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Personal information
Full name Usman Tariq Khawaja
Born (1986-12-18) 18 December 1986 (age 38)
Islamabad, Pakistan
Nickname Uzzy, Usie
Height 177 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Batting style Left hand bat
Bowling style Right arm medium
Role Batsman
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 419) 3 January 2011 v England
Last Test 26 December 2015 v West Indies
ODI debut (cap 199) 11 January 2013 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI 3 February 2013 v West Indies
ODI shirt no. 1
Domestic team information
Years Team
2007–2012 New South Wales (squad no. 18)
2011–2012 Derbyshire
2011–present Sydney Thunder
2012–present Queensland
2014–present Lancashire
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 13 3 93 59
Runs scored 881 14 6,094 2,469
Batting average 46.36 7.00 42.02 46.58
100s/50s 3/3 0/0 16/30 8/13
Top score 174 8* 214 166
Balls bowled – – 150 –
Wickets – – 1 –
Bowling average – – 98.00 –
5 wickets in innings – – – –
10 wickets in match – n/a – n/a
Best bowling – – 1/21 –
Catches/stumpings 5/– 0/– 65/– 23/–
Source: Cricinfo, 30 December 2015

Usman Tariq Khawaja (Urdu: عثمان خواجہ‎; born 18 December 1986) is a Pakistani-born Australian cricketer.

Domestic Career

Khawaja in 2011

A left-handed top order batsman, Khawaja was awarded Player of the Australian Under-19 Championship in 2005 and also played for Australia in the 2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka as an opening batsman. His club side is Randwick Petersham Cricket Club.

He made his first class debut for the New South Wales Blues in 2008.[2] In the same year, he hit consecutive double centuries for the NSW Second XI—a feat never before achieved by a NSW player.[3] On 22 June 2010 it was announced by Cricket Australia that Usman Khawaja would be a part of the Australian touring squad to play Pakistan in a two Test series in England.

Khawaja signed a contract to play for county side Derbyshire in the 2011 English domestic season.[4] He played in four County Championship matches, averaging 39.87 with the bat and scoring a century (135) against Kent.[5][6] After his county stint, he made five further Test appearances in 2011, scoring one half-century (65) against South Africa. He was dropped from Australia's Test team after the home series against New Zealand, making way for Shaun Marsh upon Marsh's return from injury.[7]

Lancashire signed Khawaja as an overseas player for the 2014 county season for all formats. Khawaja scored 86 runs on his debut against Durham but in vain as Lancashire lost by 27 runs.

He plays his club cricket for Valley District Cricket Club in Brisbane.

International career

Khawaja was selected as part of the 17-man Australian squad for the 2010–11 Ashes series. During the third test, Ricky Ponting fractured his finger and Khawaja was named as a stand-by if Ponting could not recover in time. He was subsequently selected in the Australian cricket team to play England in the fifth Test against England in Sydney on 3 January 2011.[8][9] On 3 January 2011, Khawaja became the 419th Australian to be presented with an Australian Cricket Test baggy green cap. Khawaja became the first Muslim and first Pakistani-born Australian player to play test cricket for Australia,[10][11] and only the seventh foreign-born cricketer to do so in the last 80 years.[12]

Before the 3rd Test against India in March 2013, Australia suspended Khawaja, along with James Pattinson, Shane Watson and Mitchell Johnson following a breach of discipline.[13] Michael Clarke, the captain, revealed that the step had been taken as a result of repeated infractions which led to Watson flying back home and contemplating Test retirement.[14] Some former players reacted with astonishment at the decision taken by the team management.[15] Khawaja made his Test return in the second Test of the 2013 Ashes series, replacing Ed Cowan.

In his first test in over two years, he scored his maiden international century, in the first Test against New Zealand on 5 November 2015, in which he scored 174 with 16 fours and 2 sixes. He made this return in his 10th Test in the coveted number 3 position, helping Australia to an emphatic victory.[16]

International centuries

Test centuries

Usman Khawaja's Test centuries
# Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year Result
1 174 10  New Zealand Australia Brisbane, Australia The Gabba 2015 Won[17]
2 121 11  New Zealand Australia Perth, Australia WACA Ground 2015 Drawn[18]
3 144 12  West Indies Australia Melbourne, Australia MCG 2015 Won[19]

Personal life

Khawaja was born in Islamabad, Pakistan, and his family emigrated to New South Wales when he was a child. He became the first Muslim cricketer to represent Australia when he made his debut in the 2010–11 Ashes series. He is a qualified commercial and instrument rated pilot, completing a bachelor's degree in Aviation from the University of New South Wales before he made his test debut. He attained his basic pilot licence before his driving licence.[20] He was educated at Westfields Sports High School.

Career best performances

Batting
Score Fixture Venue Season
Test 174 Australia v New Zealand The Gabba, Brisbane 2015 [21]
ODI 8* Australia v West Indies The WACA, Perth 2013 [22]
FC 214 South Australia v New South Wales Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 2010 [23]
LA 166 Queensland v Tasmania North Sydney Oval, Sydney 2014 [24]
T20 109* Melbourne Stars v Sydney Thunder MCG, Melbourne 2015 [25]

References

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