Hitting a century in an Ashes match already put him among a select group of players but Usman Khawaja broke new ground when he showed up to the post-day press conference with his small daughter on his lap.

His opening words were: “She didn’t want to be away from me so…” and that set the tone for a unique media opportunity.

A warning was issued at the start that he did not know how long he would have, given his daughter was with him.

And there was a moment where he had to stop the press conference, put on his ‘dad hat’, and caution his daughter against swiping through the camera on one of the many phones in front of him recording the audio, telling her “you can play on Daddy’s phone later”.

It was a nice moment, capping off a day where he starred with the bat, hitting an unbeaten 126 as Australia fought back against England at Edgbaston.

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