The Australian cricket team's performance with regard to Test cricket has been nothing short of an effect. Not long ago, the Aussies defeated India by a mammoth margin of 209 runs in the ICC World Test Championship final 2023 to win their maiden WTC title.

Usman Khawaja

With this emphatic win, they became the first team to win all the ICC titles. With the same energy and optimism, they approached the Ashes series against England and got the desirable results that they wanted. They kick-started their campaign with a two-wicket thrilling win over England in the Ashes 2023 opener at Edgbaston in Birmingham.

They followed it up with yet another win as they beat England by 43 runs. The first two Tests were closely-fought battles and the results could have been in England's favour as well. Needless to say, the Aussies performed well in clutch moments and deservedly won the first two games and took a 2-0 lead in the series.

The second Test match at the Lord's had some controversies during the final day's play when a few MCC members abused Australian opener, Usman Khawaja. The incident happened when the Australian players were on the way back to the dressing room following the first session.

Usman Khawaja breaks silence on the long room incident at Lord's

Meanwhile, the Australian opener has finally opened up on the Lord's long-room incident. The Australian opener was seen getting into a heated discussion with an MCC member. Khawaja expressed his disappointment by adding that there is always respect shown at the Home of Cricket, but that wasn't today. 

"It was really disappointing. Lord's is one of my favourite places to come. There's always respect shown at Lord's, particularly in the Members Pavilion in the Long Room, but there wasn't today. It was very disappointing," Usman Khawaja added in a statement.

"If anyone asked me where the best place is to play I always say Lord's. The crowd is great, particularly the members are great, and some of the stuff that was coming out of the members' mouths is really disappointing and I wasn't just going stand by and cop it. So I just talked to a few of them. A few of them throwing out some pretty big allegations and I just called them up on it and they kept going, and I was like, well, this is your membership here. So I'm just pointing them out. But it's pretty disrespectful, to be honest. I just expect a lot better from the members", Khawaja added.