Usman Khawaja has remained unyielding against three consecutive rejections from the ICC to stop him from displaying personal motifs on the playing field.
The Australian Test Batsman took to Instagram to call out the ICC’s hypocrisy on rejecting his requests but it allowing other cricketers to display the Hindu ‘Om’ symbol, an angelic cross, and a verse from the Bible.
“Who can blame him? Cricket Australia has done this to itself,” says commentator Jason Morrison.
“Go back one chief executive of Cricket Australia and we wanted to abandon Australia Day because we were worried it would upset certain people, so we kind of did away with the Australia Day weekends,” he told Sky News contributor Gary Hardgrave.
“So politics has been weaved – no, no, not weaved, pushed into cricket for a long time.”
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Why should there be any politics in sport?
This wasnt an issue when the Australian Federal govt bribed the entire sporting industry to sign up for the voice, but now this one guy is a scapegoat because he didnt pick a team to fight…and thats bad for sport?
Hypocrisy not unique to one person or one sector of society
Does Jason Morrison condemn Hamas?
I was polled recently it's a joke, just a record machine asking loaded questions that skew the results, waste of resources. Go ask a regular person leaving Coles or Woolies how they feel about most politicians
The irony of him putting his kids names on a pair of shoes that were probably made by kids the same age in a sweat shop….
I don’t remember Khawaga protesting the war in Ukraine.
If there was a little JEW star on his bat no one would be sooking.
Deport
I missed his stance on Pakistans human rights records…..or is that a bit close to home!
Gazza is the Auschwitz of the 21Century, Netanyahu is implementing the “Final Solution”!! Its American Imperialism, enabling this Genocide and Ethnic Clenching ! 🛑🙈
A muslim is a muslim.
I think we have our new dictionary definition of 'virtue signaller', at least for Australia. He is textbook, in every way. There is also a lot of of 'victimhood' one can find in his past.
Khawaja is right about the double standard, it was disgraceful of the ICC to make cricketers take a knee for BLM then tell him that he can't display a dove of peace. But I wonder how Ussi would react to a team mate wearing a blue armband in support of Israeli hostages?
WRONG! The hypocrite here is Khawaja, when he only says all lives matter when the Palestinians are taking a pasting…where was he when Hamas attacked unarmed people at a music festival???
Sorry. What were the reasons Khawaja’s family left Pakistan?
Once a terrorist always a terrorist.
On ya knees boys for BLM. And keep your opinions to yourself 😅
Who cares??? Grown adults chasing balls and playing with sticks. 😂😂😂 If you can bet on it, you can bet it is fixed matches.
this creep is turning Australian cricket into a joke as he expresses religious support for terrorists actions.
Dump this drek.
divisive POS needs sacking.
car war jar needs to go get f…..d
Funny Khwaja never stood for jews in Israel, never stood for Christians of Armenia, for Cyprus, Hindus of Kashmir but he came all guns blazing for Muslims who actually are perpetrators of crime in Israel's case. Khwaja is a Hypocrite taking moral high ground. Khwaja pointing out at religious symbols or beliefs of othet cricketers shows his allegiance to palestine's caise isnt for life of others but religious. Typical Islamist thing.
Just play cricket you clown!! Obviously, Khawaja's loyalties lie with his fellow Muslims, Hamas, and the million or so Palestinians who support Hamas, a vile terrorist group!!
Honestly keep your politics out of cricket and do what you are paid for. Simple really.
Resign is the best protest one can do.
Usman showing his true colors
Can't mix politics and sport, ay? Funny… Empty-head fans of Sky News were all on board with Anthony Mundine wanting to challenge Thomas Mayo, who's not even a boxer, to settle an argument over the Voice to Parliament in the boxing ring. Why, I wonder, would Mundine resort to that which, incidentally, proves NOTHING . Perhaps because he hasn't got a brain in his head with which to intelligently argue his case? He's not unlike most of the Sky News team in that regard.
Simple moral values out weigh the left idiots.
Sport is non political so play the game and forget the politics for the change rooms otherwise sit it out on the bench.
Deport him. He’s just another example of immigrants that bring their problems and terrorist sympathiser attitudes with them.
He's from Pakistan. Pakistani army dictator himself with pak army k!lled thousands of Palestinian Muslims for Jordon king. Khwaja is so delusional.
Hindus are not acting like terrorists. Hamas are. No double standard here.
Knee for BLM and stumps for LGBTQ also should be ban