Australian opener Usman Khawaja says the fallout from the sandpaper scandal that rocked world cricket 4 years hasn’t been mentioned because the hosts put together to face South Africa in a Test match for the primary time since that fiery sequence.
While David Warner lately determined to drop his enchantment over a lifetime management ban that was issued because of what occurred in Cape Town again in 2018, the incident itself has not been a speaking level for his teammates main into the primary Test in Brisbane.
Six members of the crew that misplaced the match – together with Warner and Steve Smith who had been each suspended – are set to play on the Gabba because the Aussies look to proceed their sizzling begin to the Test summer time.
The ball-tampering incident has been a sizzling subject within the lead-up to the match, however Khawaja insists that the gamers have left it previously.
“I’m being genuine that time heals all wounds. I guess in a way the guys have come so far from that,’’ Khawaja said.
“Obviously, being part of that tour I know we are a very different Australian cricket team from what we were back then – the way we go about it, the way we play.
“A lot of the guys have matured as cricketers and humans. They are a bit older, a couple more kids, we play our cricket differently.
“It’s the first time we have played South Africa after what happened, but everyone has got so many things happening in their lives from where they were four years ago. I think that actually gave the guys a lot of perspective.”
So much has modified since then with Pat Cummins now in control of a crew that has centered extra on cricket slightly than intimidating opposition with verbal barrages.
Khawaja endured a rocky few years going out and in of the crew, however he’s now one of the constant batters in world cricket and enters the sequence with a career-best 1066 runs in 2022.
“Australian cricket as a whole and as individual players probably hit rock bottom. It gives you a lot of time to reflect on things. Guys have genuinely learnt a lot from that incident,” he stated.
“I take a look at the place the blokes had been 4 years in the past and the place the blokes are actually and there was a variety of rising up.
“I in all probability acquired to see it higher than most as a result of I used to be within the crew, then I went away and got here again in and it’s a good change.’’
Originally revealed as ‘A lot of growing up’: Aussies have moved on from sandpaper scandal forward of blockbuster sequence
