I stopped enjoying my cricket at http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Usman-Khawaja-c2729 – Cricket News Update
Explaining his interstate move from New South Wales to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Queensland-c834, Australian batsman Usman Khawaja claimed that he had stopped enjoying cricket during the previous season with the Blues.
“I felt last year at New South Wales that by the end of the season I was somewhere I didn't want to be in terms of my cricket progress,” Khawaja said in conversation with the
Daily Telegraph, adding that the year had been a tough one at NSW – the team finished second-last in the Sheffield Shield, and were only able to bag one victory last season.
“It got to a point where I wasn't enjoying my cricket as much. I need to be somewhere that will allow me to enjoy my cricket a little bit more. That was the catalyst for my move,” he explained, adding that Cricket New South Wales had been an excellent organisation,
which made it tough for him to opt for a move.
Khawaja was one among the many NSW players who made interstate moves after the domestic contracting window opened for the upcoming season, with the Blues finding themselves sans http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SM-Katich-c2543
(retired), and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Phil-Jaques-c2182 (retired).
Khawaja and Hauritz also lost their national contracts as a result of the new system implemented by Cricket http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746, which reduced the number of national contracts from 25 to 17. However, they board has retained the option to upgrade players on the basis
of performance, and Khawaja is counting on the move to the Bulls, who won the Sheffield Shield last season, to grant him the opportunity to work his way back into the squad.
The 25-year-old, who has played 6 Test matches for Australia, and averages 42.63 from 46 first-class matches, has also expressed his eagerness to work under Bulls’ coach http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Darren-Scott-Lehmann-c52487.
“I think he's got a lot to offer in terms of how to deal with different situations on and off the field,” Khawaja observed. “I'll be picking his brain and learning from him.”
In addition to playing with Queensland, the left-hander also has the chance to make his way back into the national Test squad via County club Derbyshire, where he will be playing first-class cricket later this month – a prime opportunity to show the selectors
what he can do in English conditions before the Ashes 2013 roll around.
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