Sydney, Jan. 2 -- A forthright Usman Khawaja says he is still fighting prejudicial stereotypesin his final summer as an Australian cricketer with the retiring batter suggesting there were racial overtones to the criticism he received on his preparation for the Ashes series opener.
In an impassioned, almost hour-long address to media two days out from the Sydney Test that will mark his international farewell, Khawaja revealed he raised the prospect of hanging up his boots as early as last summer's India series before ultimately deciding his time was up during last month's Adelaide Test when Australia clinched the Ashes.
But, speaking in the bowels of the SCG to reporters with his extended family also watching on, Khawaja saved his stronges...