Usman Khawaja has launched a passionate defense of his absence of Sheffield Shield, hitting the chief of Crick of Queensland, Joe Dawes, for the “categorically false” comments that left him “theft”.
A furor broke out when Dawes pointed to the Australian test opener to sit the game with southern Australia in Adelaide that allowed the Bulls to qualify for the final.
Khawaja, who was appointed on the side of the Bulls for the final of Sheffield Shield in Adelaide next week, called a press conference on Friday to offer an explanation.
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He said that a plan had been formulated with the medical staff of Cricket Australia (CA) and the George Bailey selector to administer an ongoing complaint in the hamstrings he had played in the previous round against Tasmania.
That game took place when Ciclón Alfred hit Brisbane. Khawaja left his young family to play and score a century despite hitting in discomfort.
He said he had not talked to Dawes, who said that Khawaja had the whole clean of medical staff to play southern Australia, in more than a month.
“Joey said the medical staff had no idea: that is 100 percent incorrect,” he said.
“I was talking to the Australian physio all the time.
“They all knew … that was one of the most shocking things … categorically false.
“I do nothing without talking to Ca first. They always have the last word.”
Khawaja said he had been in regular contact with Cricket Australia’s medical staff. (ABC News: Curtis Rodda)
Khawaja said he had sent a text message to the Bulls coach, Johan Botha, to inform him of his original plan that was based on not playing consecutive accessories, but never received an answer.
He said “I felt that it would appear” in Tasmania, turning to jog while in the fold while the Bulls recorded a vital victory of nine Wickt.
But at no stage was that management plan, or the injury, discussed with Botha or Queensland Cricket.
Khawaja, hired to CA, considered the situation under control until the speculation turned last week.
The 38 -year -old man attended the Melbourne Australia Grand Prix, mixing photos of his time on the network with one of him by rehabilitation in the hamstrings in his social media account.
On the return of the Bulls to Brisbane on Wednesday, Dawes said that Khawaja was available for the national team.
“I get out of our medical staff and there is no reason why I have not played the last game,” Dawes said.
“It is disappointing that he has not played a game for Queensland when he had the opportunity to.”
Khawaja had been concern about injuries in the recent Australia tour of Sri Lanka. (Getty Images: Robert Cianflone)
Khawaja said he had the blessing of CA to attend the Grand Prix and was happy to repair his relationship with Dawes, a former rapid bowling player of Sheffield Shield for the Bulls, after the end of next week.
“I’m going home and I get in a ball, or I’m going to see F1,” Khawaja said.
“I still take care of my body. It is not by coincidence that I am 38 years old and still play.
“The optics looks bad … That’s why I wanted to talk.
“I still love Queensland Cricket, whatever happens.”
Khawaja has an eye on continuing at the test cryket until the end of the homemade ashes of next summer.
He captured the Bulls to his last title of Sheffield Shield in 2020/21 when Australia’s teammate, Marnus Labuschagne, was a game player with a brilliant 193 in an emphatic entrance and a defeat of 33 NSW races at Allan Border Field.
Labuschagne, who will captain the bulls in the final of the shield, was not worried when he spoke before about the situation of Khawaja.
He said that the left -hander lost the game in Adelaide and be available for the final was, in essence, “the perfect result.”
“We understand that if we want the best of him, he will have to make sure he is ready to go and fresh so he does not hurt,” Labuschagne said.
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