The left-handed batsman Usman Khawaja was the first Muslim cricketer to play for Australia at the highest level when he made his debut in the 2011 Ashes series. Speaking to ESPN Cricinfo, Khawaja said, "When I was younger in Australia, the amount of time I got told I was never going to play for Australia, I'm not the right skin colour was immense. And then I realised from my childhood it probably took me a while to support Australia. I didn't really support Australia when I first went [from Pakistan] because I didn't really get it," he added. Also read BBL 10: Twitter goes berserk as Usman Khawaja undresses in the middle of pitchKhwaja has played 44 Test, 40 ODI and 9 T20I matches for Australia.

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