Australian batter Matt Renshaw has checked in on the wellbeing of Usman Khawaja after Pat Cummins’s stinging press conference rebuke of his ball tampering claims.
Cummins labelled some of the claims Khawaja made in his book, Sabr, “utter nonsense” in a 69-minute minute presser on Friday morning, casting some doubt on the pair’s friendship moving forward.
Renshaw, who is also friends with Khawaja, reminded everyone of the human side of the ongoing saga after scoring 63 in Australia’s 135-run loss to England in the second ODI on Sunday night in Adelaide.
“I have spoken to Usman, just checking in on him,” Renshaw said.
“Haven’t really spoken too much about what’s going on, just sort of checking on him as a human — obviously there’s a lot going on.
“I wasn’t there in Cape Town when it happened so I have got no idea what was going on, so tough for me to comment on that.
“But yeah, I think everyone as humans, obviously everything is going on, but I think the biggest thing is making sure everyone’s OK.”
Khawaja has received support from David Warner on multiple occasions, while Chadd Sayers, who played one Test on the 2018 South Africa tour, also backed him on Sunday prior to the one day clash.
Despite the ongoing accounts from Khawaja, Warner and Sayers, Cricket Australia at this stage remains unwilling to re-open its investigation into the scandal.
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