The Ashes: Khawaja calls it a day and calls out "racial stereotyping"

Test Match Special

BBC

Cricket, News, Sports News, Sports

4.4 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Usman Khawaja is leaving international cricket, and had much to say about treatment from the media and former players during his career. Plus, we hear from England's Zak Crawley.

Transcript

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds
0:02.2	Music Radio Podcasts
0:04.6	I like when a manager wears a suit and tides, you know what I mean?
0:09.7	In 2025, we were here for the football.
0:13.0	The Wayne Rooney Show
0:14.0	As a manager, you're making decisions on what you're seeing on the pitch.
0:16.9	Sometimes it doesn't always pay off.
0:18.3	Football daily.
0:19.4	Loyalty in football. Does it still exist? There is no loyalty in football does it still exist there is no loyalty
0:22.8	in football and tunie and russo
0:24.9	do you feel like the pressure actually
0:26.4	helps you play the best football
0:28.2	we've prepared ourselves to step out onto the pitch
0:30.6	at the end of the day get the best of
0:32.3	2025 with podcasts on
0:34.6	BBC Sounds
0:35.5	the TMS podcast on BBC Sounds. The TMS podcast on BBC Sounds.
0:41.6	Hello from the Sydney Cricket Ground.
0:43.5	Welcome to the Test Match Special podcast.
0:45.6	This is Henry Moran.
0:47.5	Two days out from the start of the final match of this men's ashes series.
0:52.8	And we've got news of a retirement.
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