Ashes star Usman Khawaja provides sweary interview as Sky Sports apologise
Sky Sports had been pressured to apologise after Usman Khawaja swore in his post-match interview after serving to Australia to attract first blood in The Ashes on Tuesday. The 36-year-old produced two unbelievable knocks over the course of the 5 days, along with his efforts taking part in a vital function in shaping England‘s slim defeat by two wickets at Edgbaston.
Khawaja managed 141 runs in Australia’s first innings and contributed one other 65 within the second earlier than Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon received the vacationers over the road through the ultimate hour of play regardless of England’s finest efforts. It was a nervy finish to the Test for Khawaja, who used some alternative phrases in admitting to Sky Sports that he was restlessly watching the previous couple of overs via his fingers within the stands.
“I’m not going to lie, I was s*****g myself for the last five minutes,” he stated. “I watched 2005 as a kid on TV. I was there at Headingley, but this has to be one of my favourite Test matches. I couldn’t watch it with the guys, so I watched it on the delayed vision so I could hear what was going on.
“I feel it’s up there [with my best performances] within the context. I’ve by no means felt like this after a Test. The stream of the sport, how England performed, there was nobody on high till the top, so it’s been superior.
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“I was a young punk in 2013, and I think Swanny [Graeme Swann] gave me nightmares there, and 2019 was tough unless you were Steve Smith. Four more Tests, we hope they are as good as this.”
Sky Sports went on to difficulty a fast on-air apology for the language utilized by Khawaja earlier than chatting with England captain Ben Stokes, who underlined his disappointment at falling simply quick regardless of pushing Australia all the best way. The 32-year-old carried out exceptionally effectively over the course of the Test however is more likely to face some post-match scrutiny for his controversial resolution to declare early with England at 393-8 on day one.
“What a game, yet another one that we’ve been a part of,” started Stokes, who stayed true to the aggressive ‘Bazball’ model popularised by England in current months regardless of Australia’s extra conventional strategy to proceedings.
“It’s obviously devastating to be on the losing end of that, going down to the wire with the emotions of that whole day… to get to the end there, eight down with 50 to win you’re thinking we’re just one wicket away but you can never count Australia out. Pat has dug in there and got them over the line.
“But by way of the output of the sport and what folks have witnessed, that is what we’re attempting to attain as a workforce. Everyone would have been on the sting of their seat right here and everybody at house may have been glued to their TV, that is what we need to be remembered as as a workforce.”