If you were in Dubai in early October 2018 then you might have seen something extraordinary. You would have been one of very few to do so, hidden as it was in the near-abandoned cricket stadium on the outskirts of that grimly glittering dystopia of a city. In heat nearing 50 degrees, Pakistan bowlers laboured to dislodge the Pakistan‑born Australia batsman, Usman Khawaja, who resisted them across most of the fifth day of a Test.
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Written by Geoff Lemon at Old Trafford
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/sep/03/usman-khawaja-australia-ashes under the title “Usman Khawaja has produced some great innings but patience has run out”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
