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Usman Khawaja volition beryllium retiring from planetary cricket after this week's 5th Ashes trial against England astatine Sydney Cricket Ground, the Australia batsman said on Friday (January 2, 2026).
The 39-year-old made his trial debut astatine the aforesaid crushed successful the last lucifer of the 2010-11 Ashes bid and has since scored 6,206 runs astatine an average of 43.39 successful 87 matches, including 16 centuries.
"I'm present to denote contiguous that I'll beryllium retiring from each planetary cricket aft the SCG trial match," Khawaja told reporters astatine the ground, wherever the 5th trial begins connected Sunday.
"Cricket has given maine acold much than I ever imagined. It's fixed maine memories I'll transportation forever, friendships that spell good beyond the game, and lessons that shaped who I americium disconnected the field."
The Pakistan-born batter injured his backmost successful the Ashes opener successful Perth and missed the 2nd trial earlier initially being dropped from the squad for the 3rd successful Adelaide.
He was recalled astatine the eleventh hr aft Steve Smith suffered a bout of vertigo and, batting astatine number 4 alternatively than opening, scored 82 and 40 arsenic Australia won by 82 runs to clinch the bid and clasp the urn.
