Australian opener Usman Khawaja is set to challenge the ICC's verdict on him wearing a black armband during the first Test against Pakistan in Perth. Khawaja said that he wore the black armband for a bereavement and didn't have any personal hidden agendas as such.

Australian opener Usman Khawaja has been pulled up by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for sporting black armband during the first Test against Pakistan in Perth. Khawaja was barred from wearing shoes that had the message "all lives are equal" and hence wore a black armband.

Khawaja took to the social media platform 'X' to express that he believes in the thought process that "all lives are equal" regardless of the caste, creed, race or religion of an individual or group of individuals.

Usman Khawaja sported shoes with the messages "all lives are equal" and "freedom is a human right" during his team's practice session on Tuesday ahead of the first Test against Pakistan. However, Pat Cummins has confirmed that the opener won't be wearing shoes with those messages in the first Test.

Mitchell Johnson had criticised David Warner harshly saying that he didn't deserve the farewell series given the fact that he was at the centrestage of the biggest scandal in Australia cricket history. Khawaja has come out in support of his opening partner in Tests.

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Khawaja emphasized how it was a mental battle to stay at the crease.

Ashwin is a gun. He is very skilful, he is got a lot of tricky little variations, he uses the crease quite well too: Khawaja on Ravi Ashwin's threat.

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The calls to make some changes to the format have been on the rise. While there is a section of players and fans that support it, there definitely are a lot of spectators that want this format to be untouched.

I think personally one-day cricket is dying a slow death: Khawaja

Cricket Australia on Saturday accepted men's team head coach Justin Langer's resignation.

The squad was confirmed three days after Langer announced he’d rejected a six-month contract extension offered by Cricket Australia and quit, a decision that left Andrew McDonald as interim coach.

Australia won the first three matches in Brisbane, Adelaide and Melbourne to clinch the series and retain the Ashes before the teams played to a draw in Sydney.

Khawaja was ignored for the first three Ashes Tests and included in the playing XI after middle-order batter and first Test centurion Travis Head tested positive for COVID-19 after the Boxing Day Test.

Khawaja was appreciative of all-rounder Cameron Green, who shared a stand of 179 with the left-hander and rescued Australia from a spot of bother at 86/4 to declare at 265/6 and set a target of 388 for England with day five to follow on Sunday.

Khawaja, playing Test cricket after more than two-and-a-half years, ground out a 260-ball 137 as Australia put up an imposing 416 for eight declared on Day 2 of the fourth Ashes Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

Khawaja is the only change announced by Australian Test skipper Pat Cummins after Head -- the hero of the first Test win at The Gabba -- tested COVID-19 positive after the conclusion of the Boxing Day Test.

England followed New Zealand in pulling out of Pakistan tour, citing security concerns, dealing a massive blow to the country's efforts to bring back international cricket.