Sheffield Shield pitches to blame for our lacklustre batting, says Usman Khawaja

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Khawaja blames the Sheffield Shield pitches for Australia’s batting woes

While most cricket pundits and former players will put Australia’s failures with the bat in the ongoing Ashes series down to the fact that they are impatient, lack concentration and England’s bowlers hitting the right lines and lengths, Australian batsman Usman Khawaja has a different outlook on the matter, stating that the decline in the pitches used during Australia’s Sheffield Shield season is solely to blame.

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