Having hit a stunning hundred on Day 2 of the first Ashes 2023 Test in Edgbaston, Australian opener Usman Khawaja was quite ecstatic. The emotions in his celebration were enough to showcase that it was his first on English soil. However, this wouldn’t have been possible if he had not scored those twin tons in Sydney during the previous Ashes Down Under. However, Khawaja was dropped from the Test team but got an opportunity in the middle order as Travis Head tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of the Sydney Test as well and he smashed back-to-back hundreds in that Test.

Usman Khawaja said to Sky Sports about his comeback: “Honestly, I thought that 44 Test matches, my career was done. I was very content and happy. Most people don’t get to play 44 Test matches. Scored 8 hundreds, been a part of Ashes-winning teams, lots of winning teams. So when I got an opportunity to play again, honestly every Test feels like a bonus. Nothing lasts forever, so I am enjoying the ride.Usman Khawaja on being in a great mental space”

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“Majority of things that happen as a batter are in your head. Very few times it might be technical. For me, I was probably in the best spot ever coming into England. I know this is probably going to be my last tour.”I know that I was going to enjoy this tour. For me, I know that if the team is doing well, I am enjoying my cricket, but at the same time if I am a part of that, I got to keep scoring runs too. So it all came together I guess,” Usman Khawaja concluded.