Australia batter Usman Khawaja said that the achievement of scoring twin hundreds in a Test hasn't 'sunk in yet'. On Day 4 of the Sydney Test against England, the southpaw composed a 138-ball, unbeaten 101 to not just score centuries in both innings but also take his team to a commanding position.
"No, not really. I don't think it's sunk in yet," Khawaja said in the presser. "I've always wanted to score a century in both innings in first-class cricket and never done it. I wasn't really sure if I was gonna do it. It didn't really matter to me, now that I've played so long. I'm like it's not the end of the world. Not a big deal, but it's just a nice tick off and has put the team in a situation where hopefully we can try to win. Look, it all worked out pretty well. it doesn't always happen in life and cricket. It's special," he added.
He also shared a stand of 179 with Cameron Green to prop up Australia's innings after they had found themselves in a spot of bother at 86 for 4. Incidentally, Green had come into the game short of runs after having accumulated only 57 runs before this innings. Khawaja praised the all-rounder and said that he tried to help him wade through the early phase of his innings.
"It was awesome, he batted beautifully. Greeny scores so many runs against Queensland, I hate playing against him in Shield cricket. I was just talking to him as much as I could, just about what we're trying to do out there. He was talking about spin and I was telling him what options I thought he should take. Just try to give him reassurance especially at the start.
You could tell he's a little bit nervous at the start - and just trying to give him reassurance of what he needs to do."
