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Usman Khawaja vs ICC: The Palestine Armband Standoff

Australia vs Pakistan / ICC

26 December 2023

Usman Khawaja defied ICC regulations and faced the threat of match sanctions after repeatedly attempting to wear a black armband and pro-Palestine dove symbol on his shoe in protest, sparking a global debate about players' rights to express political views in cricket.

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Khawaja's Armband and Cricket's Political Neutrality Problem

Australia / ICC

December 2023

The ICC's order to Usman Khawaja to remove his pro-Palestine symbols during the Boxing Day Test 2023 forced cricket to confront a question it had never publicly answered: should cricketers be permitted to make humanitarian statements, and who decides what is 'political'?

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