Usman Khawaja

Usman Khawaja

Khawaja in December 2011
Personal information
Full name	Usman Tariq Khawaja
Born	(1986-12-18) 18 December 1986 (age 30) Islamabad, Pakistan
Nickname	Uzzie
Height	177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Batting style	Left hand bat
Bowling style	Right arm medium
Role	Batsman
International information
National side	Australia
Test debut (cap 419)	3 January 2011 v England
Last Test	3 January 2017 v Pakistan
ODI debut (cap 199)	11 January 2013 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI	22 January 2017 v Pakistan
ODI shirt no.	1
T20I debut (cap 80)	31 January 2016 v India
Last T20I	9 September 2016 v Sri Lanka
T20I shirt no.	1
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2007–2012	New South Wales (squad no. 18)
2011–2012	Derbyshire
2011–present	Sydney Thunder (squad no. 18)
2012–present	Queensland
2014-2015	Lancashire
2016–present	Rising Pune Supergiants (squad no. 100)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 23 18 108 76 Runs scored 1,726 469 7,402 2,997 Batting average 47.94 31.26 43.79 44.07 100s/50s 5/8 0/4 20/37 8/17 Top score 174 98 214 166 Balls bowled 0 0 150 0 Wickets 0 0 1 0 Bowling average – – 98.00 – 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling – – 1/21 – Catches/stumpings 18/– 3/– 81/– 27/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 22 January 2017

Usman Tariq Khawaja (Urdu: عثمان خواجہ‎; born 18 December 1986) is a Pakistani-born Australian cricketer.

A left-handed top order batsman, Khawaja was awarded Player of the Australian Under-19 Championship in 2005 and also played for Australia in the 2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka as an opening batsman.

He made his first class debut for the New South Wales Blues in 2008. In the same year, he hit consecutive double centuries for the NSW Second XI—a feat never before achieved by a NSW player. On 22 June 2010 it was announced by Cricket Australia that Usman Khawaja would be a part of the Australian touring squad to play Pakistan in a two Test series in England.

Khawaja plays for Sydney Thunder in the Big Bash League since 2011. In BBL05, he was the second highest run scorer (345 runs) and averaged 172.50 runs per match.

Khawaja signed a contract to play for county side Derbyshire in the 2011 English domestic season. He played in four County Championship matches, averaging 39.87 with the bat and scoring a century (135) against Kent. After his county stint, he made five further Test appearances in 2011, scoring one half-century (65) against South Africa. He was dropped from Australia's Test team after the home series against New Zealand, making way for Shaun Marsh upon Marsh's return from injury.