# Khawaja alleges racial abuse by MCC member

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/khawaja-alleges-racial-abuse-by-mcc-member/
- Published: 2026-11-10T13:00:31+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-10T13:23:50+00:00
- Original publisher: BBC Sport (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/cmwy9y0r1gp3o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
- Topics: Sport

## Key points

- Khawaja alleges an MCC member racially abused him at Lord’s in 2023.
- The incident followed the disputed Bairstow stumping during the Ashes.
- The MCC expelled one member and suspended two others.

## Summary

Usman Khawaja has alleged that an MCC member racially abused him during the 2023 Ashes Test at Lord’s. The former Australia batter says the abuse followed his telling a spectator not to shout at him, adding to the controversy after Alex Carey’s disputed stumping of Jonny Bairstow and raising questions about conduct among club members.

Khawaja’s autobiography describes spectators swearing at the Australian players and one member shouting and spitting in his face; he also says someone tried to trip him and David Warner on the stairs. At the time, the MCC expelled one member and suspended two others for abusive, offensive or inappropriate behaviour: one received a four-and-a-half-year ban and the other a 30-month suspension. Khawaja retired from international cricket in January, having scored 6,229 runs in 88 Tests.

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