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  •   Home > News > Sports > Cricket

    Outgoing Australian cricketer Usman Khawaja has let rip at how he was covered in the mainstream media during his test career

    Outgoing Australian cricketer Usman Khawaja has let rip at how he was covered in the mainstream media during his test career


    He will pull stumps on international cricket after the fifth and final Ashes test against England, starting Sunday.

    The Pakistani-born Muslim feels those things have meant he's always come in for scrutiny his other teammates would never have copped.

    © 2026 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

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