Usman Khawaja has confirmed he will retire from international cricket following the conclusion of the final Ashes Test between Australia and England.

Khawaja has played 87 Tests for his country since making his red-ball debut in 2011, making 6,206 runs in the format, including 16 centuries.

He also represented Australia's ODI side between 2013 and 2019 and played for the T20I team in 2016, appearing at World Cups in both of the shorter formats.

Khawaja has appeared in three of the four Tests in this current Ashes series, which Australia lead 3-1, with his highest score being a first-innings knock of 82 in the third match in Adelaide. 

"I'm here to announce today that I'll be retiring ‌from all international cricket after the SCG Test match," ‌Khawaja told reporters in Sydney, ahead of the fifth Test getting under way on Sunday.

"Cricket has given me far more than I ever imagined. It's given me memories I'll ‍carry forever, friendships that go well beyond the game, and lessons that shaped who I am off the field."

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Khawaja suffered a back injury during the first Test of this series and missed the second match as a result, and as he reflected upon his final series, he said racial stereotypes had characterised the way his injury was covered, as the first Muslim to play international cricket for Australia.

"I've always felt a little bit different, even now. Different in the way I've been treated, different in how things have happened," he said. 

"When I did my back, I had back spasms. It was something I couldn't control. The way the media and past players came out and attacked me... I copped it for about five days straight. Everyone was piling in.

"Once the racial stereotypes came in, of me being lazy, it was things I've dealt with my whole life. 

"Pakistani, West Indian, coloured players... they say we're selfish, we only care about ourselves, we don't care about the team, we don't train hard enough...

"I just thought the media and old players and everyone else had moved past that, but we obviously haven't moved past it. These things came back and made me realise we're not quite there.

"When I get injured, everyone went at my credibility and who I am as a person.

"Normally, when someone gets injured, you feel sorry for them as a person. 'Poor Josh Hazlewood' or 'poor Nathan Lyon'. We feel sorry for them, and we don't attack what happened to them."

With the urn retained long ago, Australia are looking to avoid losing multiple Tests within a single red-ball series on home soil for the first time since a 1-2 series loss to India in December 2020 and January 2021.