Usman Khawaja lashes out at ICC after 10-point penalty to Australia: 'Makes lot of sense'

Usman Khawaja has taken a jibe at ICC as Australia have been docked 10 World Test Championship points for maintaining a slow overrate throughout the Ashes. ICC announced on Wednesday that both England and  Australia have been given a sanction as the latter has been fined a whopping 19 WTC points. Australia have retained the Ashes 2023 after a fighting performance in the five-match Test series. The Aussies are also the reigning holders of the WTC title.

3 things you need to know

• Australia have managed to retain the Ashes 2023
• England did manage to bounce back by claiming the 3rd and 5th test
• Australia are now ranked 3rd while England are placed in the 5th position in the WTC table

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Usman Khawaja slams ICC after Australia are given a 10 points penalty

Australian opener Khawaja didn't hold back and took to Twitter to vent his anger at the ICC as he claimed the Manchester Test was washed out for almost two days for persistent rain and ICC still held them accountable.

Don't even get the chance to bowl in the second innings at Manchester due to 2 days of rain and @ICC still issue fines and take 10 WTC points of us for slow over rates! That makes a lot of sense... 🤦🏾‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/NKuGI61n2n

— Usman Khawaja (@Uz_Khawaja) August 2, 2023

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He tweeted, "Don't even get the chance to bowl in the second innings at Manchester due to 2 days of rain and @ICC still issue fines and take 10 WTC points of us for slow over rates! That makes a lot of sense..."