Usman Khawaja has announced that the last Test of the Ashes series to be played in Sydney from January 4 will be the last match of his international career. 39-year-old Khawaja has played 87 tests for Australia so far. He will end his career by playing his 88th Test in Sydney. Left-handed batsman Khawaja scored 16 centuries in his 15-year-long Test career. Know which are his top-5 innings in this format.
174 vs New Zealand, 2015
Usman Khawaja, returning to the Test team after 2 years, played an inning of 174 runs in 239 balls against New Zealand in Brisbane. This was his first century in Test cricket. Earlier, his best score in the test was 65. Khawaja had scored this century while playing at number-3.
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145 vs South Africa, 2016
David Warner was off the field for a long time on the first day of the day-night Test match played between Australia and South Africa in Adelaide. In such a situation, when South African captain Faf du Plessis declared the innings in dim light, Warner could not open. Australia sent Khawaja to open the innings with debutant Matt Renshaw in place of Warner. Khawaja took advantage of this opportunity and cemented his place as the batsman by scoring 145 runs in 308 balls.
137 vs England, 2022
Khawaja was dropped from the Australian team after a poor performance in the 2019 Ashes. He returned to the squad for the 2022 Ashes but was not getting a chance. Before the fourth Test match of that series played in Sydney, Travis Head was found Covid positive, due to which Khawaja got a place in the playing XI. He was put to bat at number five. Khawaja scored 137 runs in the first innings. After this, he won the Player of the Match award by scoring an unbeaten 101 runs in the second innings.
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160 vs Pakistan, 2022
Usman Khawaja scored 160 runs in 369 balls in the first innings of the Karachi Test against Pakistan, taking Australia to a score of 556/9. In response, Pakistan was limited to 148 runs. However, Pakistan made a comeback in the second innings and drew the match. This was Khawaya’s only Test century in his birthplace.
232 vs Sri Lanka, 2025
Early last year against Sri Lanka, Khawaja made the best score of his Test career at the Galle ground. He scored 232 runs in 352 balls. This was also his first and only double century in Test cricket. Thanks to this strong innings of Khawaja, Australia registered a big win by an innings and 242 runs.
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