“It is also a case of looking after your family,” star Aussie Test cricketer wants ICC to spend more money on cricketers’ salaries to save Test cricket

South Africa announced a squad consisting of mostly inexperienced cricketers for the New Zealand series. Most of the star players from South Africa preferred franchise cricket across the world over representing their national side.

“It is also a case of looking after your family,” star Aussie Test cricketer wants ICC to spend more money on cricketers’ salaries to save Test cricket

Pat Cummins, Usman Khawaja (Image via ESPNcricinfo)

As the franchise cricket is becoming more popular, several great names from the cricket fraternity voiced their concern over how Test cricket has started losing its attraction. Test cricket concludes in three to five days, while a T20 match gets wrapped up in less than four hours.

South Africa announced a squad consisting of mostly inexperienced cricketers for the New Zealand series. Most of the star players from South Africa preferred franchise cricket across the world over representing their national side.

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This invited criticism from Steve Waugh, who slammed Cricket South Africa (CSA) and asked the board to pay more to the players to make them play Test cricket. Usman Khawaja was asked about South Africa’s situation on Fox Cricket. He said if he had to choose between franchise cricket and Test cricket, he would choose the former.

Not because it doesn't mean anything- I love playing for my country, but it is also a case of looking after your family and doing things right. If two people get paid to do the same job, and you're getting paid twice as much at one firm and half at the other firm, you're going to pick the one you're getting paid [more] for.

Khawaja told Fox Cricket

David Warner talks about Usman Khawaja ahead of farewell Test in Sydney

David Warner is set to play his farewell Test match on his home ground in Sydney on Wednesday (January 3) against Pakistan. For a long time, Warner came to open Australia’s innings in Test cricket alongside Usman Khawaja and for the last time, he would walk onto the field with Khawaja in Sydney. The two have batted together in 64 Test innings and scored a total of 2771 runs together at an average of 44.69.

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Usman Khawaja and David Warner (Image via ESPNcricinfo)

Ahead of his final Test match, Warner got emotional while talking about Khawaja. Warner said he was telling Khawaja that on the latter’s debut, he was sitting in one of the boxes in Sydney. The 37-year-old called it a fairytale ending, saying he and Khawaja have gone through junior cricket and played the highest level for a long period of time.

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