Bewildered by the ICC&rsquo;s decision to reprimand him for wearing a black armband during the first Test against Pakistan, <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/australias-coach-shelley-nitschke-rues-fielding-lapses-23326268" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Australia</a>&rsquo;s <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/aus-vs-pak-usman-khawaja-charged-by-icc-over-black-armband-protest-during-perth-test-23326098" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Usman Khawaja</a> on Friday said he will contest the charge as he had told the governing body it was for a &ldquo;personal bereavement&rdquo;.
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Khawaja had worn a black armband during Australia&rsquo;s 360-run win over Pakistan in Perth last week. He had arrived for a training session on December 13 with &ldquo;all lives are equal&rdquo; and &ldquo;freedom is a human right&rdquo; inscribed on his batting spikes and had reportedly planned to wear them during the inaugural Test. &ldquo;The ICC asked me day two (of the Perth Test) what (the black armband) was for, I told them it was for a personal bereavement. I never ever stated it was for anything else,&rdquo; Khawaja told reporters.
&ldquo;I respect the ICC and all the regulations they have, I will be asking them and contesting them&mdash;From my point of view, that consistency hasn&rsquo;t been done yet. The shoes were for a different matter, I&rsquo;m happy to say that, but the armband [reprimand] made no sense to me,&rdquo; he added.
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Khawaja had worn a black armband during Australia’s 360-run win over Pakistan in Perth last week

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