Usman Khawaja – Profile, Stats & Recent Form

Personal details

Full nameUsman Tariq Khawaja

Born18 Dec 1986, Islamabad, Pakistan

Age39 Years

NationalityPakistani/Australian

RoleTop order batsman/Left hand bat & Right arm medium

BattingLeft hand Bat

BowlingRight Arm Medium

Height5 ft 10 in (1.77 m)

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Career at a glance

Format	M	Runs	Avg	SR	Wkts	Econ
Test	88	6229	42.95	48.82	0	2.66
ODI	40	1554	42	84.09	0	0
T20I	9	241	26.77	132.41	0	0
T20	125	3484	30.30	131.47	0	0
List A	133	5494	45.03	85.09	0	0
First-class	229	15589	43.18	50.32	1	3.82

Debuts

TestAustralia vs England, Sydney3 Jan 2011

ODIAustralia vs Sri Lanka, Melbourne11 Jan 2013

T20IAustralia vs India, Sydney31 Jan 2016

First ClassVictoria vs NSW, Sydney 15 Feb 2008

List ANSW vs South Aust, Adelaide22 Oct 2008

T20NSW vs Victoria, Melbourne2 Jan 2010

Family

RelationsTariq Khawaja (Father), Fozia Tariq (Mother), Rachel McLellan (Spouse)

Batting

Format	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Test	88	159	14	6229	232	42.95	12757	48.82	16	28	664	28	68
ODI	40	39	2	1554	104	42	1848	84.09	2	12	150	13	13
T20I	9	9	0	241	58	26.77	182	132.41	0	1	31	5	5
T20	125	124	9	3484	109	30.30	2650	131.47	3	18	422	56	30
List A	133	130	8	5494	166	45.03	6456	85.09	14	32	561	63	49
First-class	229	398	37	15589	232	43.18	30979	50.32	43	74	1841	85	181

Bowling

Format	M	Inn	Overs	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	5W	10W
Test	88	3	3	8	0	–	0	2.66	0	0
First-class	229	15	29	111	1	1/21	111	3.82	0	0

By tournament

Tournament	M	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	Econ
Indian Premier League	6	127	30	21.17	127.00	–
Big Bash League	65	1991	109	31.11	131.94	–
Pakistan Super League	10	321	105	45.86	150.00	–
ICC Men's T20 World Cup	4	143	58	35.75	137.50	–
The Marsh Cup	16	771	138	55.07	86.34	–
Sheffield Shield	48	3241	174	46.97	50.59	5.00
Vitality Blast	7	168	44	24.00	136.59	–
County Championship	4	420	126	52.50	72.16	–
ICC Cricket World Cup	9	316	89	35.11	88.27	–
Global T20 Canada	7	74	31	12.33	69.81	–

Against teams

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50
Bangladesh	1	58	58	58.00	128.89	1
South Africa	2	42	33	21.00	120.00	0
Sri Lanka	2	42	36	21.00	113.51	0
India	2	40	26	20.00	181.82	0
New Zealand	1	38	38	38.00	140.74	0
Pakistan	1	21	21	21.00	131.25	0

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50	100
India	9	539	104	59.89	86.24	3	2
Pakistan	9	346	98	38.44	78.64	3	0
New Zealand	3	182	88	60.67	85.05	2	0
West Indies	7	180	98	30.00	75.00	1	0
Bangladesh	1	89	89	89.00	123.61	1	0
Ireland	1	82	82	–	106.49	1	0
South Africa	3	79	59	26.33	85.87	1	0
England	2	45	23	22.50	81.82	0	0
Sri Lanka	4	19	10	4.75	48.72	0	0
Afghanistan	1	15	15	15.00	75.00	0	0

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50	100
England	42	1554	171	37.90	45.60	7	4
Pakistan	20	1212	160	75.75	49.59	7	3
South Africa	22	771	195	36.71	48.46	5	2
India	27	728	180	29.12	41.86	4	1
New Zealand	14	669	174	55.75	56.03	0	3
Sri Lanka	17	659	232	50.69	56.71	1	2
West Indies	16	634	144	39.63	52.35	4	1
Bangladesh	2	2	1	1.00	25.00	0	0

Bowling vs	Inn	Runs	Avg	Econ	SR
Pakistan	1	3	–	–	–
Bangladesh	1	1	–	1.00	–
India	1	4	–	4.00	–

Last 10 innings · batting

9vs SA-L

3vs BAN-L

0vs IND-L

66*vs HK

2vs HK

7vs QG

11vs SS

19vs HH

78vs ST

17vs ENG

T20 vs SA-L9 Oct 2026 · c SJ Erwee b MD Lange 9(8) T20 vs BAN-L7 Oct 2026 · b Abu Jayed 3(8) T20 vs IND-L3 Oct 2026 · c A Rayudu b M Sharma 0(1) T20 vs HK26 Apr 2026 · Not out 66*(43) T20 vs HK16 Apr 2026 · b G Maxwell 2(5) T20 vs QG10 Apr 2026 · runout (H Nawaz) 7(5) T20 vs SS18 Jan 2026 · c BJ Dwarshuis b S Abbott 11(7) T20 vs HH14 Jan 2026 · c MJ Owen b BJ Webster 19(18) T20 vs ST10 Jan 2026 · c D Willey b WA Agar 78(48) Test vs ENG3 Jan 2026 · lbw b B Carse 17(49)

Last 4 innings · bowling

0/3vs PAK

0/5vs TAS

0/4vs IND

0/1vs BAN

Test vs PAK4 Mar 2022 0/3 First Class vs TAS7 Oct 2021 0/5 Test vs IND2 Jan 2019 0/4 Test vs BAN27 Aug 2017 0/1

About Usman Khawaja

Khawaja started honing his cricketing skills from an early age at the Valley District Cricket Club in Brisbane and made it to the 2006 Under-19 World Cup. Two years later, he made his first-class debut for New South Wales.

Biography - About Usman Khawaja

In 2011, Usman Khawaja got a chance to play for the national team due to an injury to Ricky Ponting. In 2013, he made his ODI debut against Sri Lanka but was dropped after three matches. He returned strongly in the 2015-15 season and made his T20I debut against India. After this, he went on to become a regular in the Test side and have scored some vital knocks since then.

Usman Khawaja - Along the Years

Year	Age	Achievement
2006	19	Played in the 2006 ICC U-19 World Cup
2008	21	Made the first class debut
2011	24	Made Test debut
2011	24	Made his Big Bash League debut
2016	29	Selected for 2016 ICC T20 World Cup
2019	32	Selected for 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup

Career

Domestic Career

Khawaja’s excellent performance in the Australian Under-19 Championship got him a chance to play for Australia in the 2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup. He made his first-class debut in 2008 for the New South Wales Blues. In 2011, he joined Sydney Thunder in the Big Bash League and has been an integral part of the team since then.

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The same year, he signed a contract to play for Derbyshire in English domestic cricket. In 2014, he was signed by Lancashire for all formats. He also plays club cricket for Valley District Club in Brisbane. The following year, he was made the captain of the Queensland cricket team.

International Career

ODI Career

Khawaja made his ODI debut against Sri Lanka cricket team on 11 January 2013. His lacklustre performance in the initial matches saw him getting dropped from the team. Khawaja showed his class in the limited-overs tour of India in 2019 and also performed well against Pakistan in the following series. This helped him in securing a call for the 2019 Cricket World Cup, but he picked up a hamstring injury in one of the group-stage matches and was ruled out of the tournament.

Test Career

Khawaja made his Test debut in the fifth match of the 2010-11 Ashes series. With this, he became the first Muslim and the first Pakistani-born Australian player to play Test cricket for Australia. In 2013, he was suspended along with some other teammates following a breach of discipline. He returned to Test cricket in the 2013 Ashes series. In 2015, he scored his maiden Test century against New Zealand.

The same year, he became the first-ever batsman to score a century in an innings of a Day-Night Test match at home soil. In 2019, he was selected for the Ashes series in England. He failed to score even a half-century in the first three matches and was dropped for the fourth Ashes Test.

T20I career

Khawaja made his Twenty20 International debut for Australia against India on 31 January 2016. He was selected for the 2016 T20 Cricket World Cup and scored his first and only T20I half-century against Bangladesh. After that, he failed to impress in the shortest format of the game and hasn’t played in any T20I since September 2016.

IPL Career

Usman Khawaja played for now defunct Rising Pune Supergiant in 2016 and 2017 IPL season.

Family

Khawaja's father, Tariq Khawaja moved to Australia with his wife, Fozia Tariq when Usman Khawaja was five years old. He has two brothers, Nauman Khawaja and Arsalan Khawaja.

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