Khawaja alleges racial abuse by MCC member

Former Australia batter Usman Khawaja has alleged that an MCC member racially abused him in the Long Room during the 2023 Ashes Test at Lord's. In his newly released autobiography, Khawaja detailed the confrontations that occurred after Alex Carey controversially stumped England's Jonny Bairstow. Following the incident, the MCC expelled one member and suspended two others for abusive, offensive, or inappropriate behavior.

Khawaja described the hostile members as acting like privileged drunks and claimed another person attempted to trip him and David Warner on the stairs. Additionally, Khawaja claimed in the book that the entire Australia team was aware of sandpaper ball-tampering during their 2018 series against South Africa.