‘It’s what I love about cricket, I said thank you to Stokesy for it, very humbling,’ Khawaja has just said.
‘Cricket is a beautiful game … it’s always bringing people together.
‘When I came to Australia I couldn’t speak a word of English … it broke down all the barriers.’
Asked how he felt as he walked off for the final time, he laughed and said, ‘A little bit of annoyance because I chopped on.’
The Mail’s cricket correspondent, Lawrence Booth, saw Khawaja in tears from his spot at the SCG, and the veteran confirmed he couldn’t contain himself after the win.
‘I was trying to act cool,’ he told Fox.
‘But the whole Test match I found it really hard to control my emotions.
‘It’s something I’ll cherish for the rest of my life, being able to finish here at the SCG.’
