Usman Khawaja has put an finish to the furore surrounding the Australian cricket workforce’s resolution to drop its conventional champagne spray celebrations.
The star batter has shared a picture of him ingesting a weight-reduction plan coke from contained in the workforce’s dressing room celebrations following their World Test Championship closing conquer India in London.
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Photos present Khawaja holding the ICC World Test Championship Mace in a single hand and his tender drink of alternative within the different.
His put up comes after the workforce was dragged right into a storm surrounding its resolution to have a good time with out champagne through the official trophy shows on Sunday night time.
It was a Twitter put up by former UK politician Nigel Farage that resulted within the celebrations immediately turning into a social media scandal.
“Once again the Australian cricket team do not celebrate in champagne style because 1 of the team members is a Muslim,” the ex-UK Independence Party chief wrote.
“Are we all to suspend normal life because of the minority?”
It is much from the primary time below Test captain Pat Cummins that the Aussie workforce has foregone champagne throughout its celebrations — and the quick bowler was extensively praised final summer season for pulling his workforce up in the course of the Ashes collection victory celebrations to permit Khawaja to hitch in.
Khawaja is a Muslim who doesn’t drink alcohol.
The Aussie workforce was noticed later within the night time gathering in a huddle on the turf at The Oval to sing its conventional track ‘Under the Southern Cross I Stand’.
According to SBS, some Australian gamers had been seen spraying their bottles within the air through the celebration — however none had been standing close to Khawaja on the time.
Farage’s tweet was met with an avalanche of indignant responses, however essentially the most good one could have got here from the 36-year-old himself.
“Celebrating with a Diet Coke! Some old heads call it Un-Australian. I call it the new Australians,” Khawaja posted on Instagram.
“A game for all! #worldchampions.”
He was removed from the one one having fun with that sentiment.
Cricket author Kit Harris posted on Twitter: “It’s called “mateship. I know it doesn’t exist in politics, but it does in sport — especially Australian sport.
“When it comes to the Australian cricket team, Usman Khawaja isn’t a “minority”. He’s their opening batsman. I think about the gamers felt the custom of taking a celebratory photograph with the entire workforce was extra necessary than the custom of throwing an alcoholic drink over one another.”
Cricket journalist Greg Baum wrote: “Pretty simple really: they care more about Usman than champagne. I understand that that might be a difficult concept for some”.
Veteran Australian sports activities journalist Ray Gatt wrote: “You are a dumbass. Pure and simple. It’s called respect. The players will have celebrated with beer and whatever in the dressing room.”
Aussie gamers had been seen celebrating with drinks of their alternative contained in the dressing room, together with lovely couple Mitchell Starc and Alyssa Healy, who appeared to take pleasure in a particular second collectively ingesting a beer out in the course of the bottom.
The Aussies deserved it.
The win over India noticed Australia turn into the primary nation to win each single main ICC title and the dressing room clebrations had been naturally spirited
Children and companions alike received their probability to have a good time the workforce’s success, and the pictures that resulted have melted the hearts of the cricket world.
Travis Head’s daughter Milla was snapped in awe on the World Test Championship mace alongside associate Jessica, whereas the Labuschagne and Khawaja households shared time collectively as effectively.
The Labuschagnes’ new child daughter Hallie rocked her father’s Baggy Green alongside the youngest Khawaja, Ayla.
The pair, whose Brisbane-based households share one of many nearer bonds within the Australian dressing room, had been born inside just a few months of one another.
The eldest Khawaja daughter, Aisha, is nearly three and was seen at The Oval carrying a kid-sized Australian jersey with “KHAWAJA” emblazoned throughout the again.
Other companions had been additionally seen on the floor, with Starc’s spouse and Australian girls’s captain Alyssa Healy at The Oval to witness the form of success her personal facet will look to emulate as they tackle England for the Women’s Ashes.
Healy, main the nationwide workforce within the absence of Meg Lanning (who steps away for medical causes), will take the helm in a three-day warm-up recreation towards England A at Grace Road in three days time forward of a blockbuster Test at Trent Bridge, earlier than heading into three T20Is and three ODIs.
The males’s facet now instantly look to their very own Ashes collection, which begins with the First Test at Edgbaston at 7:30pm AEST on Friday 16 June.
From there, the collection strikes to Lord’s for the Second Test, Headingley for the Third Test, Old Trafford for the Fourth and The Oval for the Fifth Test.
Originally printed as Viral cricket photograph is ideal response after trophy presentation furore
Source: www.dailytelegraph.com.au
