Video taking off 13x its usual first day

Shane Watson questions why Khawaja spoke out over sandpaper scandal

A fast-starting In The Middle With Watto clip shifts the discussion from the punishments to who should have reopened the subject.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 84,651 views a day, 13 times a normal first day on this channel (6,303).

Is there an argument to be made here that Khawaja benefitted from not speaking up at the time? 🤔👀

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"I just don't really understand why Uzzy had to be the one to bring this to light," Shane Watson says, setting up an argument about Usman Khawaja's decision to revisit Australian cricket's sandpaper scandal.

The excerpt from In The Middle With Watto has drawn roughly 85,000 views on Prime Video AU & NZ in its first day, more than thirteen times the channel's usual start for a Short.

Watson's argument is about opportunity. He says Khawaja, who had been in and out of the national side, benefited from the absence of the banned players because it opened up playing opportunities. That is Watson's assessment of Khawaja's career, rather than something the clip establishes independently.

"If someone was going to say something and really come out, it would have been one of those three guys," Watson concludes.

The comments centre on that distinction: whether benefiting from another player's absence should have any bearing on someone's right to speak later. Several viewers question Watson's focus on the messenger rather than the substance of what was raised.

The clip comes from an episode featuring former Australian Test batter Simon Katich alongside Watson and Ollie Silverton. The longer conversation also revisits Katich and Watson's opening partnership during the 2009 Ashes.

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