- Veteran star is taking part in in his final Take a look at on the SCG
Former NRL and rugby union star Sonny Invoice Williams has been slammed for a put up he printed to pay tribute to Usman Khawaja.
Khawaja, 39, not too long ago took to the crease at his final Take a look at, and was dismissed for simply 17 in Australia’s first innings on the SCG.
But it surely’s the wording of a remark Khawaja’s fellow Muslim sports activities star Williams made that has seen cricket followers pile into the previous NRL and All Blacks powerhouse.
‘To my favorite Australian cricketer Usman Khawaja, Could Allah proceed to bless you. Trying ahead to watching you run out in your final check match,’ Williams wrote on X.
Followers have a problem with Williams’ use of the phrase ‘watching you run out’, which might be taken to imply he was trying ahead to seeing Khawaja lose his wicket in that trend.
Sonny Invoice Williams made an error which followers picked up on social media when he was paying tribute to Usman Khawaja
SBW’s use of the phrase ‘run out’ means one thing very totally different in cricket than it does in rugby union and the NRL, and followers picked up on it right away
Williams (pictured) is a twin worldwide who has starred for the Bulldogs, Roosters and the All Blacks in a stellar profession.
Followers wasted no time taking goal at Williams’ phrasing error.
‘Watching you run out? He did not imply on pitch did he? Lol,’ one individual wrote on social media.
‘Run out is the unsuitable time period on this occasion,’ one other added, with a number of extra making the identical remark.
Khawaja is at present collaborating in his 88th and closing Take a look at match for Australia.
He has scored 16 Take a look at lots of for his nation.
The left-hander made his retirement announcement at a press convention a couple of days earlier than the Sydney Take a look at started.
Khawaja slammed media and journalists alike, accusing them of hitting him with racist stereotypes throughout his 15-year profession.
The 39-year-old made his debut within the Ashes Take a look at on the SCG in 2011.
The polarising left-hander is pictured embracing Bondi taking pictures hero Ahmed Al Ahmed on the Sydney Take a look at on Sunday
Pictured: One instance of cricket followers poking enjoyable at Williams’ tweet
He’s now ending his profession in one other match in opposition to the previous enemy on the identical floor simply 15 years later.
The Pakistani-born veteran loved a profession revival in 2022-23, together with his greatest sequence coming within the nation of his start.
He scored two centuries and two half-centuries to peel off 496 runs at a median of 165.33.
Khawaja can also be one among simply six males in historical past to attain back-to-back centuries in the identical Ashes Take a look at match.
