ICC regulations have banned Usman Khawaja from displaying a message of Palestinian solidarity on his shoes during Australia’s first test against Pakistan, but Khawaja says he will fight the ruling.
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00:00 I've noticed what I've written on my shoes has caused a little bit of a stir.
00:07 If me saying all lives are equal has resulted in people being offended to the point where
00:21 they're calling me off and telling me off, well isn't that the bigger problem?
00:26 It kind of drew the attention to the ICC rules which, yeah I don't know if Aussie was a crock
00:33 beforehand, but yeah again Aussie doesn't want to make too big of a fuss.
00:36 I think, you know, in his shoes he had "all lives are equal" I think that's not very divisive
00:40 and anyone could really have too many complaints about that.
00:42 When I see thousands of innocent children dying without any repercussions or remorse, I imagine
00:51 my two girls. What if this was them?
00:55 I think it's one of our strongest points as a team is that everyone has their own passionate
00:59 views and individual thoughts and yeah, chatted to Aussie briefly about it today and yeah I
01:06 don't think his intention is to make too big of a fuss but yeah, you know, we support him.
01:12 The ICC have told me that I can't wear my shoes on field because they believe it's a
01:17 political statement under their guidelines. I don't believe it is so. It's a humanitarian
01:23 appeal. I will respect their view and decision but I will fight it and seek to gain approval.
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