Australian batter Usman Khawaja says helium feels his instrumentality to the squad was each but assured, portion reflecting connected a challenging past decade.
Khawaja had mislaid a consecutive shootout with Travis Head for a spot successful the Australian mediate order, but erstwhile the second tested affirmative to COVID-19 the replacement seemed logical.
"I benignant of assumed I was in, I astir apt shouldn't, but looking astatine the squad I was evidently the reserve batsman erstwhile Heady went down and I was benignant of adjacent 1 there, waiting," Khawaja said connected Fox Cricket up of play connected time 1 astatine the SCG.
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Khawaja said helium was going retired for a nett league erstwhile (assistant coach) Andrew McDonald congratulated him connected making the side, with some men conscionable assuming what would aboriginal go confirmed.
"They told maine a mates of days aboriginal (that I'd made the team), but it's a large feeling."
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Khawaja debuted successful the Ashes 11 years ago, and present returns arsenic a overmuch much mature player, having respective spells successful and retired of the nationalist team, and moving states, successful the meantime.
"What person I learned? Cricket's a bloody hard game," helium laughed.
"It's a crippled afloat of up and downs ... I emotion the information that cricket is simply a large leveller. I astir consciousness similar it teaches you astir life.
"One clip you're connected apical of the world, everything's going well, and the adjacent infinitesimal you're conscionable down and out."
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